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type: "Bill"
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title: "Conservation and natural resources; prescribed burning for silviculture purposes is exempt from certain burning notice and permit requirements; clarify"
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description: "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."
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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 983"
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citation: "Georgia HB 983 (2025_26)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Chas Cannon", "James Burchett", "Leesa Hagan", "Steven Meeks"]
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version_count: 2
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action_count: 14
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2026-01-15"
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last_action: "2026-05-06"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2542f10a-5276-4d33-886d-81feb45c84b6"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "faff7a4cc28237dc1d17d5508028ef83d63f95be4819fc31747653fd2d034008"
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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 983 (2025_26) — Conservation and natural resources; prescribed burning for silviculture purposes is exempt from certain burning notice and permit requirements; clarify
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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.
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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 983/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/246127.pdf)
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2. **LC 60 0230/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/239916.pdf)
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## Votes
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- Senate Vote #724 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **51–0** (pass) · upper
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- House Vote #509 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **162–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Chas Cannon — primary (person)
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- James Burchett — primary (person)
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- Leesa Hagan — primary (person)
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- Steven Meeks — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2026-01-15** House Hopper `introduction`
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- **2026-01-16** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2026-01-27** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2026-02-05** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2026-02-12** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2026-02-12** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2026-02-17** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2026-02-24** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2026-02-25** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2026-03-16** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2026-03-16** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2026-04-06** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2026-05-06** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2026-05-06** Act 429 `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/2542f10a-5276-4d33-886d-81feb45c84b6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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