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type: "Bill"
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title: "Counties and Municipal Corporations; local governments from denying the drilling, servicing, or repair of new or existing water wells on single-family residential and farm properties; prohibit"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 60 of Title 36 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions applicable to counties and municipal corporations, so as to prohibit local governments from denying the drilling, servicing, or repair of new or existing water wells on single-family residential and farm properties; to prohibit local governments from precluding or denying the installation of new water wells on single-family residential and farm properties situated on one acre of property or more; to provide for related matters; 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: "SB 121"
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citation: "Georgia SB 121 (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 Cowsert", "Bo Hatchett", "Brandon Beach", "Carden Summers", "Chuck Hufstetler", "Clint Dixon", "Colton Moore", "David Lucas", "Donzella James", "Ed Harbison", "Ed Setzler", "Emanuel Jones", "Frank Ginn", "Freddie Powell Sims", "Gail Davenport", "Gloria Butler", "Greg Dolezal", "Harold Jones II", "John Albers", "John F. Kennedy", "Kay Kirkpatrick", "Larry Walker, III", "Lee Anderson", "Marty Harbin", "Max Burns", "Michael 'Doc' Rhett", "Mike Dugan", "Mike Hodges", "Randy Robertson", "Rick Williams", "Russ Goodman", "Sally Harrell", "Sam Watson", "Shawn Still", "Sheikh Rahman", "Shelly Echols", "Steve Gooch", "Valencia Seay"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 16
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vote_count: 3
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first_action: "2023-02-08"
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last_action: "2023-07-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/49ae37d3-0164-4a86-b8d1-aa2b93b3bec1"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "1ae14096d8fae472fe9e3f5c5fb21f45b73a2596a014b34330d4314b92a49308"
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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 SB 121 (2023_24) — Counties and Municipal Corporations; local governments from denying the drilling, servicing, or repair of new or existing water wells on single-family residential and farm properties; prohibit
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 60 of Title 36 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions applicable to counties and municipal corporations, so as to prohibit local governments from denying the drilling, servicing, or repair of new or existing water wells on single-family residential and farm properties; to prohibit local governments from precluding or denying the installation of new water wells on single-family residential and farm properties situated on one acre of property or more; to provide for related matters; 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. **As introduced LC 51 0290** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/214112.pdf)
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2. **As passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/215945.pdf)
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3. **LC 55 0069S/hss** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/218175.pdf)
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4. **SB 121/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/220220.pdf)
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## Votes
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- Senate Vote #78 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **53–0** (pass) · upper
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- House Vote #327 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **171–0** (pass) · lower
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- Senate Vote #350 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **52–1** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Bill Cowsert — primary (person)
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- Bo Hatchett — primary (person)
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- Brandon Beach — primary (person)
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- Carden Summers — primary (person)
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- Chuck Hufstetler — primary (person)
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- Clint Dixon — primary (person)
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- Colton Moore — primary (person)
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- David Lucas — primary (person)
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- Donzella James — primary (person)
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- Ed Harbison — primary (person)
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- Ed Setzler — primary (person)
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- Emanuel Jones — primary (person)
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- Frank Ginn — primary (person)
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- Freddie Powell Sims — primary (person)
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- Gail Davenport — primary (person)
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- Gloria Butler — primary (person)
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- Greg Dolezal — primary (person)
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- Harold Jones II — primary (person)
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- John Albers — primary (person)
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- John F. Kennedy — primary (person)
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- Kay Kirkpatrick — primary (person)
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- Larry Walker, III — primary (person)
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- Lee Anderson — primary (person)
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- Marty Harbin — primary (person)
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- Max Burns — primary (person)
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- Michael 'Doc' Rhett — primary (person)
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- Mike Dugan — primary (person)
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- Mike Hodges — primary (person)
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- Randy Robertson — primary (person)
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- Rick Williams — primary (person)
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- Russ Goodman — primary (person)
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- Sally Harrell — primary (person)
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- Sam Watson — primary (person)
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- Shawn Still — primary (person)
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- Sheikh Rahman — primary (person)
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- Shelly Echols — primary (person)
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- Steve Gooch — primary (person)
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- Valencia Seay — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2023-02-08** Senate Hopper `introduction`
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- **2023-02-09** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2023-02-16** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-02-21** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2023-02-23** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2023-02-23** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2023-02-27** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2023-02-28** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2023-03-16** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-03-27** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2023-03-27** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2023-03-29** Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
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- **2023-04-05** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2023-05-01** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2023-05-01** Act 84 `executive-signature`
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- **2023-07-01** 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/49ae37d3-0164-4a86-b8d1-aa2b93b3bec1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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