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SB447 Senate Bill
Passed
2026-03-03

Control of Soil Erosion and Sedimentation; denial or nonacceptance of permits; revise provisions

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 7 of Title 12 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to control of soil erosion and sedimentation, so as to revise provisions regarding denial or nonacceptance of permits; to amend Chapter 60 of Title 36 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to provisions applicable to counties and municipal corporations, so as to provide general provisions for counties and municipalities regarding the acceptance, denial, or nonacceptance of certain permits; to require local issuing authorities to provide rejected permit applicants with a written list of reasons for denial within specified time frames; to provide definitions; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Bill Details

State

Georgia

Session

2025-2026 Regular Session

Chamber

Senate

Official Source

www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/72694

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Sponsors

Clint Dixon (Sen - R)
Shawn Still (Sen - R)
Jason Anavitarte (Sen - R)
Russ Goodman (Sen - R)
Drew Echols (Sen - R)
Carden Summers (Sen - R)
Bill Cowsert (Sen - R)
Larry Walker (Sen - R)
Sam Watson (Sen - R)
Ricky Williams (Sen - R)
Chuck Payne (Sen - R)
Ben Watson (Sen - R)
Jason T. Dickerson (Sen - R)
Frank Ginn (Sen - R)
Victor Anderson (Rep - R)

Action History

2026-04-02 S Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
2026-03-31 H House Passed/Adopted By Substitute
2026-03-31 H House Third Readers
2026-03-19 H House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute
2026-03-06 H House Second Readers
2026-03-04 H House First Readers
2026-03-03 S Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute
2026-03-03 S Senate Third Read
2026-02-26 S Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute
2026-02-25 S Senate Recommitted
2026-02-20 S Senate Read Second Time
2026-02-19 S Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute
2026-02-03 S Senate Read and Referred
2026-02-02 S Senate Hopper

Votes

2026-03-03 Passage By Substitute: Senate Vote #607 Yea: 46 Nay: 4
2026-03-31 Passage: House Vote #805 Yea: 95 Nay: 72
2026-04-03 Agree To House Substitute: Senate Vote #989 Yea: 51 Nay: 2

Committee Referrals

2026-02-03 S Rules
2026-03-04 H Natural Resources and Environment

Bill Text Versions

2026-02-03 Introduced
2026-02-19 Comm Sub
2026-02-26 Comm Sub
2026-03-03 Engrossed
2026-03-19 Comm Sub
2026-03-31 Introduced

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