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type: "Bill"
title: "Georgia Soil Amendment Act of 1976; provide for a new prohibited act"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 3 of Chapter 12 of Title 2 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, the 'Georgia Soil Amendment Act of 1976,' so as to provide for a new prohibited act; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2023_24"
identifier: "HB 1223"
citation: "Georgia HB 1223 (2023_24)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brian Prince", "Jesse Petrea", "Mack Jackson", "Rob Leverett", "Solomon Adesanya"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 16
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2024-02-09"
last_action: "2024-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ac3c2b91-dd7e-4fe9-ac36-5e7cfa521746"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "55f911cd00b243e01361c97b26bb014165ce4d0bb3d730f447a41de32eb3576d"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ga"]
---
# Georgia HB 1223 (2023_24) — Georgia Soil Amendment Act of 1976; provide for a new prohibited act
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 3 of Chapter 12 of Title 2 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, the 'Georgia Soil Amendment Act of 1976,' so as to provide for a new prohibited act; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **HB 1223/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/229102.pdf)
2. **LC 44 2685/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/223581.pdf)
3. **LC 44 2774S/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/226046.pdf)
4. **LC 44 2774S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/225187.pdf)
5. **Sen Ctee Sub LC 44 2824S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/227050.pdf)
## Votes
- Senate Vote #728 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **49–1** (pass) · upper
- House Vote #596 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **165–0** (pass) · lower
- House Vote #798 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **169–2** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Brian Prince — primary (person)
- Jesse Petrea — primary (person)
- Mack Jackson — primary (person)
- Rob Leverett — primary (person)
- Solomon Adesanya — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2024-02-09** House Hopper `introduction`
- **2024-02-12** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2024-02-13** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2024-02-22** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-29** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2024-02-29** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2024-03-04** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-13** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-14** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2024-03-21** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2024-03-21** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2024-03-26** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
- **2024-04-02** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-05-06** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2024-05-06** Act 567 `executive-signature`
- **2024-07-01** Effective Date
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ac3c2b91-dd7e-4fe9-ac36-5e7cfa521746`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).