republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2025-26/hb-983.md

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Bill	Conservation and natural resources; prescribed burning for silviculture purposes is exempt from certain burning notice and permit requirements; clarify	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 6 of Title 12 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to forest resources, so as to clarify that prescribed burning for silviculture purposes is exempt from certain burning notice and permit requirements; to revise requirements for prescribed burning; to provide for definitions; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2025_26	HB 983	Georgia HB 983 (2025_26)	bill	CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES	enacted	Chas Cannon James Burchett Leesa Hagan Steven Meeks	2	14	2	2026-01-15	2026-05-06	openstates	ocd-bill/2542f10a-5276-4d33-886d-81feb45c84b6	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	faff7a4cc28237dc1d17d5508028ef83d63f95be4819fc31747653fd2d034008	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia HB 983 (2025_26) — Conservation and natural resources; prescribed burning for silviculture purposes is exempt from certain burning notice and permit requirements; clarify

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 6 of Title 12 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to forest resources, so as to clarify that prescribed burning for silviculture purposes is exempt from certain burning notice and permit requirements; to revise requirements for prescribed burning; to provide for definitions; 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 983/AP* (committee substitute) — source
2. LC 60 0230/a (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Senate Vote #724 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 51–0 (pass) · upper
• House Vote #509 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 162–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Chas Cannon — primary (person)
• James Burchett — primary (person)
• Leesa Hagan — primary (person)
• Steven Meeks — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2026-01-15 House Hopper introduction
• 2026-01-16 House First Readers reading-1
• 2026-01-27 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2026-02-05 House Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-02-12 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2026-02-12 House Passed/Adopted passage
• 2026-02-17 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2026-02-24 Senate Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-02-25 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2026-03-16 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2026-03-16 Senate Passed/Adopted passage
• 2026-04-06 House Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2026-05-06 House Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2026-05-06 Act 429 executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/2542f10a-5276-4d33-886d-81feb45c84b6. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).