republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2023-24/sb-220.md

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Bill	'Georgia Farmland Conservation Act'; historic preservation	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 10 of Title 44 of the O.C.G.A., relating to historic preservation, so as to establish the Georgia Farmland Conservation Fund, Georgia Farmland Conservation Fund Program, and Georgia Farmland Advisory Council; to provide matching grants to certain holders or prospective holders of agricultural conservation easements; to provide for a short title; to provide for legislative intent; to provide for compliance with constitutional requirements; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2023_24	SB 220	Georgia SB 220 (2023_24)	bill		enacted	Carden Summers Chuck Hufstetler Chuck Payne Clint Dixon David Lucas Derek Mallow Ed Harbison Ed Setzler Emanuel Jones Freddie Powell Sims Gail Davenport Greg Dolezal Harold Jones II Jason Anavitarte Jason Esteves John Albers Josh McLaurin Kim Jackson Larry Walker, III Lee Anderson Lee Anderson Matt Brass Max Burns Mike Dugan Nikki Merritt Randy Robertson Russ Goodman Sam Watson Shawn Still Sheikh Rahman Shelly Echols Sonya Halpern Tonya Anderson	5	19	4	2023-02-21	2023-07-01	openstates	ocd-bill/2a92ce2c-e058-4424-9db8-94ac8b5e9b66	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	88782e0924147c41e0c3ee434f7c3262d2f2c5dc56d13dce9a6083f789f7c73d	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia SB 220 (2023_24) — 'Georgia Farmland Conservation Act'; historic preservation

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 10 of Title 44 of the O.C.G.A., relating to historic preservation, so as to establish the Georgia Farmland Conservation Fund, Georgia Farmland Conservation Fund Program, and Georgia Farmland Advisory Council; to provide matching grants to certain holders or prospective holders of agricultural conservation easements; to provide for a short title; to provide for legislative intent; to provide for compliance with constitutional requirements; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; 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. As introduced LC 51 0341 (committee substitute) — source
2. As passed Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. Committee sub LC 51 0365S (committee substitute) — source
4. LC 55 0063S/hss (committee substitute) — source
5. SB 220/AP* (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Senate Vote #178 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — 54–2 (pass) · upper
• Senate Vote #321 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — 50–2 (pass) · upper
• House Vote #289 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — 165–0 (pass) · lower
• Senate Vote #132 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — 31–23 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Carden Summers — primary (person)
• Chuck Hufstetler — primary (person)
• Chuck Payne — primary (person)
• Clint Dixon — primary (person)
• David Lucas — primary (person)
• Derek Mallow — primary (person)
• Ed Harbison — primary (person)
• Ed Setzler — primary (person)
• Emanuel Jones — primary (person)
• Freddie Powell Sims — primary (person)
• Gail Davenport — primary (person)
• Greg Dolezal — primary (person)
• Harold Jones II — primary (person)
• Jason Anavitarte — primary (person)
• Jason Esteves — primary (person)
• John Albers — primary (person)
• Josh McLaurin — primary (person)
• Kim Jackson — primary (person)
• Larry Walker, III — primary (person)
• Lee Anderson — primary (person)
• Lee Anderson — primary (person)
• Matt Brass — primary (person)
• Max Burns — primary (person)
• Mike Dugan — primary (person)
• Nikki Merritt — primary (person)
• Randy Robertson — primary (person)
• Russ Goodman — primary (person)
• Sam Watson — primary (person)
• Shawn Still — primary (person)
• Sheikh Rahman — primary (person)
• Shelly Echols — primary (person)
• Sonya Halpern — primary (person)
• Tonya Anderson — primary (person)

Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

• 2023-02-21 Senate Hopper introduction
• 2023-02-22 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2023-02-28 Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-03-01 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2023-03-06 Senate Engrossed passage
• 2023-03-06 Senate Tabled
• 2023-03-06 Senate Taken from Table
• 2023-03-06 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2023-03-06 Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2023-03-07 House First Readers reading-1
• 2023-03-08 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2023-03-16 House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-03-23 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2023-03-23 House Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2023-03-27 Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
• 2023-04-05 Senate Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2023-04-18 Senate Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2023-04-18 Act 13 executive-signature
• 2023-07-01 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/2a92ce2c-e058-4424-9db8-94ac8b5e9b66. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).