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type: "Bill"
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title: "Natural Resources, Department of; EPD to issue water permits to private companies in areas where no public service can be provided within a period of 12 months; require"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 2 of Article 3 of Chapter 5 of Title 12 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to ground-water use generally, so as to require the Environmental Protection Division of the Department of Natural Resources to issue water permits to private companies in areas where no public service can be provided within a period of 12 months; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; to provide for automatic repeal; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
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legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
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session: "2023_24"
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identifier: "HB 1146"
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citation: "Georgia HB 1146 (2023_24)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Bill Hitchens", "Jesse Petrea", "Ron Stephens"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 17
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2024-02-06"
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last_action: "2024-05-06"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/aa4312b8-66b7-43f3-9c21-3ed07048e018"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "80f422963937eaa741ad8a37f765bb4ffe21575f8aaa3648edc4ff9041ac498d"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ga"]
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---
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# Georgia HB 1146 (2023_24) — Natural Resources, Department of; EPD to issue water permits to private companies in areas where no public service can be provided within a period of 12 months; require
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 2 of Article 3 of Chapter 5 of Title 12 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to ground-water use generally, so as to require the Environmental Protection Division of the Department of Natural Resources to issue water permits to private companies in areas where no public service can be provided within a period of 12 months; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; to provide for automatic repeal; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **HB 1146/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/229261.pdf)
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2. **LC 44 2654/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/222980.pdf)
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3. **LC 44 2718S/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/226275.pdf)
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4. **LC 44 2718S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/225196.pdf)
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## Votes
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- House Vote #657 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **105–58** (pass) · lower
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- Senate Vote #828 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **32–22** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Bill Hitchens — primary (person)
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- Jesse Petrea — primary (person)
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- Ron Stephens — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2024-02-06** House Hopper `introduction`
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- **2024-02-07** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2024-02-08** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2024-02-22** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2024-02-29** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2024-02-29** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2024-03-04** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2024-03-13** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2024-03-14** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2024-03-26** Senate Tabled
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- **2024-03-28** Senate Taken from Table
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- **2024-03-28** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2024-03-28** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2024-04-02** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2024-05-06** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2024-05-06** Act 595 `executive-signature`
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- **2024-05-06** Effective Date
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/aa4312b8-66b7-43f3-9c21-3ed07048e018`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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