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type: "Bill"
title: "Conservation and natural resources; Hazardous Waste Trust Fund; dedicate proceeds of certain hazardous waste fees"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 2 of Article 3 of Chapter 8 of Title 12 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to hazardous site response, so as to dedicate the proceeds of certain hazardous waste fees to the Hazardous Waste Trust Fund as authorized and subject to the conditions imposed by Article III, Section IX, Paragraph VI(r) of the Constitution of Georgia; to provide for compliance with constitutional requirements; to provide for an effective date and automatic repeal; 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 31"
citation: "Georgia HB 31 (2023_24)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Debbie Buckner", "Lynn Smith", "Rob Leverett", "Ron Stephens", "Spencer Frye", "Vance Smith"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 19
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-01-13"
last_action: "2023-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fec2da51-3273-4336-9618-07c008e6331e"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "95834b75bd0a210211fc2c1fffd3a2360b293dd001d5327890c677c9095bf907"
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 31 (2023_24) — Conservation and natural resources; Hazardous Waste Trust Fund; dedicate proceeds of certain hazardous waste fees
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 2 of Article 3 of Chapter 8 of Title 12 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to hazardous site response, so as to dedicate the proceeds of certain hazardous waste fees to the Hazardous Waste Trust Fund as authorized and subject to the conditions imposed by Article III, Section IX, Paragraph VI(r) of the Constitution of Georgia; to provide for compliance with constitutional requirements; to provide for an effective date and automatic repeal; 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 31 Audit Certification** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/219955.pdf)
2. **HB 31/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/220288.pdf)
3. **LC 43 2494/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/212493.pdf)
## Votes
- House Vote #134 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **172–0** (pass) · lower
- Senate Vote #297 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **33–19** (pass) · upper
- Senate Vote #365 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **49–1** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Debbie Buckner — primary (person)
- Lynn Smith — primary (person)
- Rob Leverett — primary (person)
- Ron Stephens — primary (person)
- Spencer Frye — primary (person)
- Vance Smith — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2023-01-13** House Hopper `introduction`
- **2023-01-23** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2023-01-24** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2023-01-25** House Withdrawn, Recommitted `referral-committee, withdrawal`
- **2023-02-28** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-02** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2023-03-02** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2023-03-06** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-14** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-15** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2023-03-27** Senate Engrossed `passage`
- **2023-03-27** Senate Tabled
- **2023-03-29** Senate Taken from Table
- **2023-03-29** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2023-03-29** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2023-04-03** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-03** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-03** Act 272 `executive-signature`
- **2023-07-01** Effective Date
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fec2da51-3273-4336-9618-07c008e6331e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).