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type: "Bill"
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title: "Environmental Protection Division; Environmental Advisory Council; update reference date to standards, rules, and regulations"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 12-2-2 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to Environmental Protection Division, Environmental Advisory Council, duties of council and its members and director, appeal procedures generally, permit applications, and inspections, so as to update the reference date to standards, rules, and regulations; to amend Title 27 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to game and fish, so as to update the reference date to rules and regulations; to amend Code Section 52-7-26 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to penalty, so as to update the reference date to rules and regulations; 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 287"
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citation: "Georgia HB 287 (2025_26)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES", "GAME AND FISH", "WATERS", "PORTS", "AND WATERCRAFT"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Chas Cannon", "John Corbett", "John LaHood", "Lauren McDonald III", "Trey Rhodes"]
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version_count: 2
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action_count: 15
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2025-02-05"
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last_action: "2025-07-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fb5e37eb-8bfb-4cb3-8f13-ad9dff6513eb"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "cdcd5b7988f54ae0fd72781facb233579142fd379938b368b869010569d4e24e"
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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 287 (2025_26) — Environmental Protection Division; Environmental Advisory Council; update reference date to standards, rules, and regulations
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 12-2-2 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to Environmental Protection Division, Environmental Advisory Council, duties of council and its members and director, appeal procedures generally, permit applications, and inspections, so as to update the reference date to standards, rules, and regulations; to amend Title 27 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to game and fish, so as to update the reference date to rules and regulations; to amend Code Section 52-7-26 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to penalty, so as to update the reference date to rules and regulations; 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 287/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/235843.pdf)
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2. **LC 44 2970/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/231496.pdf)
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## Votes
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- Senate Vote #224 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **50–0** (pass) · upper
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- House Vote #68 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **171–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Chas Cannon — primary (person)
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- John Corbett — primary (person)
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- John LaHood — primary (person)
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- Lauren McDonald III — primary (person)
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- Trey Rhodes — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-02-05** House Hopper `introduction`
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- **2025-02-06** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2025-02-10** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2025-02-19** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-02-24** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2025-02-24** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2025-02-26** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2025-02-28** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-03-03** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2025-03-11** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2025-03-11** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2025-04-07** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2025-05-13** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2025-05-13** Act 178 `executive-signature`
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- **2025-07-01** 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/fb5e37eb-8bfb-4cb3-8f13-ad9dff6513eb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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