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type: "Bill"
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title: "Conservation and natural resources; increase project cost threshold for public roads or airports requiring environmental evaluations"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 16 of Title 12 and Title 32 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to environmental policy and highways, bridges, and ferries, respectively, so as to increase the project cost threshold for public roads or airports requiring environmental evaluations; to provide for conforming changes; 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: "2025_26"
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identifier: "HB 1277"
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citation: "Georgia HB 1277 (2025_26)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES", "HIGHWAYS", "BRIDGES", "AND FERRIES"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Joe Campbell", "Lauren McDonald III", "Leesa Hagan", "Matt Barton", "Rick Jasperse"]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 19
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vote_count: 4
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first_action: "2026-02-11"
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last_action: "2026-05-11"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/967c1f03-16a9-4cc4-bebd-56830129e2c0"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "d008489c8a426ed471a896d77d34560280fcbfee5e75892de0b7e6e024537b51"
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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 1277 (2025_26) — Conservation and natural resources; increase project cost threshold for public roads or airports requiring environmental evaluations
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 16 of Title 12 and Title 32 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to environmental policy and highways, bridges, and ferries, respectively, so as to increase the project cost threshold for public roads or airports requiring environmental evaluations; to provide for conforming changes; 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. **HB 1277/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/249050.pdf)
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2. **LC 39 4929/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/242337.pdf)
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3. **LC 47 4068S/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/244140.pdf)
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4. **LC 47 4068S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/243385.pdf)
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5. **Sen Ctee Sub LC 39 5122S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/247374.pdf)
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## Votes
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- House Vote #563 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **149–16** (pass) · lower
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- Senate Vote #928 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **51–1** (pass) · upper
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- Senate Vote #835 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **26–22** (pass) · upper
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- House Vote #873 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **122–50** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Joe Campbell — primary (person)
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- Lauren McDonald III — primary (person)
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- Leesa Hagan — primary (person)
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- Matt Barton — primary (person)
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- Rick Jasperse — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2026-02-11** House Hopper `introduction`
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- **2026-02-12** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2026-02-17** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2026-02-20** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2026-02-25** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2026-02-25** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2026-02-26** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2026-03-25** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2026-03-25** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2026-03-27** Senate Tabled
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- **2026-03-31** Senate Taken from Table
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- **2026-03-31** Senate Tabled
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- **2026-04-02** Senate Taken from Table
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- **2026-04-02** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2026-04-02** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2026-04-02** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
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- **2026-04-10** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2026-05-11** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2026-05-11** Act 454 `executive-signature`
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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/967c1f03-16a9-4cc4-bebd-56830129e2c0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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