republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2025-26/hb-351.md

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Bill	Board of Natural Resources; modify powers and duties	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 1 of Article 2 of Chapter 8 of Title 12 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions regarding solid waste management, so as to modify the powers and duties of the Board of Natural Resources; to revise definitions; to modify solid waste permitting; to provide for submission of written verification regarding compliance with local zoning and land use regulations; to remove certain restrictions on permits; to revise provisions regarding public meetings and notice; to remove outdated terminology; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2025_26	HB 351	Georgia HB 351 (2025_26)	bill	CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES	enacted	Chas Cannon John Corbett Lynn Smith Robert Dickey Vance Smith	5	16	4	2025-02-10	2026-01-01	openstates	ocd-bill/401b0b7f-6bb9-4c09-b9b3-b7c68c19a1fe	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	bf4453903d102bf147cc6eaa17ba6e79d2b6c9e28035b58b449a0fe08014e117	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia HB 351 (2025_26) — Board of Natural Resources; modify powers and duties

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 1 of Article 2 of Chapter 8 of Title 12 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions regarding solid waste management, so as to modify the powers and duties of the Board of Natural Resources; to revise definitions; to modify solid waste permitting; to provide for submission of written verification regarding compliance with local zoning and land use regulations; to remove certain restrictions on permits; to revise provisions regarding public meetings and notice; to remove outdated terminology; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.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 351/AP* (committee substitute) — source
2. LC 44 2891/a (committee substitute) — source
3. LC 44 3100S/hcs (committee substitute) — source
4. LC 44 3100S/hs (committee substitute) — source
5. Sen Floor Amend 1 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Senate Vote #328 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 47–0 (pass) · upper
• House Vote #356 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 163–0 (pass) · lower
• Senate Vote #327 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 46–3 (pass) · upper
• House Vote #249 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 175–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Chas Cannon — primary (person)
• John Corbett — primary (person)
• Lynn Smith — primary (person)
• Robert Dickey — primary (person)
• Vance Smith — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-02-10 House Hopper introduction
• 2025-02-11 House First Readers reading-1
• 2025-02-12 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2025-02-27 House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-03-06 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2025-03-06 House Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2025-03-10 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2025-03-20 Senate Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-03-21 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2025-03-28 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2025-03-28 Senate Passed/Adopted As Amended passage
• 2025-03-31 House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
• 2025-04-10 House Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2025-05-14 House Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2025-05-14 Act 259 executive-signature
• 2026-01-01 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/401b0b7f-6bb9-4c09-b9b3-b7c68c19a1fe. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).