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    Senate Committee on Natural Resources and the Environment (NR&E)

  • HB 169Natural Resources, Department of; proposed new or revised flood elevations; require notice
    • (1) Carter,Earl 159th
    • (2) England,Terry 108th
    • (3) Manning,Judy 32nd
    • (4) Morgan,Alisha 39th
    • HC:SP&CA
    • SC:NR&E
    Status:05/20/10 - House Date Signed by Governor
  • HB 207Off-road vehicles; operating restrictions; change certain provisions
    • (1) Sims,Chuck 169th
    • (2) Williams,Mark 178th
    • (3) Smith,Tommy 168th
    • (4) Hatfield,Mark 177th
    • (5) Roberts,Jay 154th
    • (6) Pruett,Jimmy 144th
    • HC:MotV
    • SC:NR&E
    Status:05/20/10 - House Date Signed by Governor
  • HB 248Georgia Voluntary Remediation Program Act; enact
    • (1) Barnard,Terry 166th
    • (2) Ehrhart,Earl 36th
    • (3) Drenner,Karla 86th
    • (4) Everson,Melvin 106th
    • (5) Reese,Bobby 98th
    • (6) Greene,Gerald 149th
    • HC:NR&E
    • SC:NR&E
    Status:05/05/09 - House Date Signed by Governor
  • HB 262Property; land covenants which prohibit certain xeriscape practices; prohibit
    • (1) Hill,Calvin 21st
    • (2) McCall,Tom 30th
    • HC:NR&E
    • SC:NR&E
    Status:03/12/09 - Senate Read and Referred
  • HB 326Licenses; hunting, fishing, and trapping; change certain provisions
    • (1) Lane,Bob 158th
    • (2) Knight,David 126th
    • (3) Williams,Al 165th
    • (4) Burns,Jon 157th
    • (5) Dobbs,Elly 53rd
    • (6) Jerguson,Sean 22nd
    • HC:GF&P
    • SC:NR&E
    Status:05/05/09 - House Date Signed by Governor
  • HB 367State parks and recreational areas; boat shelters on High Falls Lake; provide for permits
    • (1) Knight,David 126th
    • HC:GF&P
    • SC:NR&E
    Status:04/20/10 - Senate Committee Favorably Reported
  • HB 406Service delivery strategies; certain drinking water projects; funding limitation; provide exemption
    • (1) Coan,Mike 101st
    • (2) McCall,Tom 30th
    • (3) Ehrhart,Earl 36th
    • (4) Amerson,Amos 9th
    • (5) Smith,Lynn 70th
    • HC:GAff
    • SC:NR&E
    Status:06/04/10 - House Date Signed by Governor
  • HB 552Water well standards; contractors or drillers; change certain provisions
    • (1) Barnard,Terry 166th
    • (2) Stephens,Ron 164th
    • (3) Lane,Roger 167th
    • (4) Bryant,Bob 160th
    • (5) Williams,Mark 178th
    • (6) Keen,Jerry 179th
    • HC:NR&E
    • SC:NR&E
    Status:04/30/09 - House Date Signed by Governor
  • HB 1000Seasons and bag limits; bears; change limits
    • (1) Allison,Stephen 8th
    • HC:GF&P
    • SC:NR&E
    Status:04/14/10 - Senate Read Second Time
  • HB 1058Seafood; possessing weakfish; change certain provisions
    • (1) Lane,Bob 158th
    • (2) Hill,Cecily 180th
    • (3) Knight,David 126th
    • (4) Barnard,Terry 166th
    • (5) Williams,Al 165th
    • (6) Dobbs,Elly 53rd
    • HC:GF&P
    • SC:NR&E
    Status:04/14/10 - Senate Read Second Time
  • HB 1059Solid waste management; permits for handling, disposal, or treatment; change provisions
    • (1) Nix,Randy 69th
    • (2) Harbin,Ben 118th
    • (3) Stephens,Ron 164th
    • (4) Mosby,Howard 90th
    • (5) England,Terry 108th
    • (6) Epps,Carl 128th
    • HC:A&CA
    • SC:NR&E
    Status:05/20/10 - House Date Signed by Governor
  • HB 1094Natural Resources, Department of; develop water conservation incentives; require
    • (1) Smith,Lynn 70th
    • (2) Ramsey,Matt 72nd
    • (3) England,Terry 108th
    • (4) Manning,Judy 32nd
    • (5) Lindsey,Edward 54th
    • (6) Pruett,Jimmy 144th
    • HC:NR&E
    • SC:NR&E
    Status:03/11/10 - Senate Read and Referred
  • HB 1199Natural Resources, Department of; authority to arrange volunteer services; change provisions
    • (1) Smith,Lynn 70th
    • (2) Peake,Allen 137th
    • (3) Lane,Bob 158th
    • (4) Knight,David 126th
    • (5) Hill,Cecily 180th
    • (6) Barnard,Terry 166th
    • HC:NR&E
    • SC:NR&E
    Status:05/20/10 - House Date Signed by Governor
  • HB 1206Water well standards; require contractor license under geologist or engineer direction; change provisions
    • (1) Maddox,Billy 127th
    • (2) Anderson,Lee 117th
    • (3) Williams,Mark 178th
    • (4) Knight,David 126th
    • (5) Roberts,Jay 154th
    • (6) McCall,Tom 30th
    • HC:NR&E
    • SC:NR&E
    Status:05/20/10 - House Date Signed by Governor
  • HB 1298Hazardous waste; make provisions consistent with federal regulations; provide
    • (1) Benton,Tommy 31st
    • (2) Smith,Lynn 70th
    • (3) Hudson,Sistie 124th
    • (4) Geisinger,Harry 48th
    • (5) Wilkinson,Joe 52nd
    • (6) Gardner,Pat 57th
    • HC:NR&E
    • SC:NR&E
    Status:04/14/10 - Senate Read Second Time
  • HB 1359Best management practices; required buffer along state waters; provide exception
    • (1) Channell,Mickey 116th
    • HC:NR&E
    • SC:NR&E
    Status:05/27/10 - House Date Signed by Governor
  • HR 338General Assembly; development of Georgia's energy resources; express support
    • (1) Smith,Lynn 70th
    • (2) Parsons,Don 42nd
    • (3) May,Jeff 111th
    • (4) Anderson,Lee 117th
    • (5) Drenner,Karla 86th
    • (6) Hudson,Sistie 124th
    • HC:NR&E
    • SC:NR&E
    Status:03/30/09 - Senate Passed/Adopted
  • SB 15Waste Management; provide for quarantining/certified clean up of sites where methamphetamine was unlawfully manufactured
    • (1) Douglas,John 17th
    • (2) Johnson,Eric 1st
    • (3) Goggans,Greg 7th
    • (4) Rogers,Chip 21st
    • (5) Hawkins,Lee 49th
    • (6) Murphy,Jack 27th
    • SC:NR&E
    • HC:JudyNC
    Status:03/09/09 - House Second Readers
  • SB 71Hunting; prohibit engaging in certain outdoor sporting activities while under the influence of alcohol, drugs, other substances
    • (1) Heath,Bill 31st
    • (2) Jackson,Bill 24th
    • (3) Butterworth,Jim 50th
    • (4) Douglas,John 17th
    • (5) Murphy,Jack 27th
    • (6) Staton,Cecil 18th
    • SC:NR&E
    • HC:
    Status:01/30/09 - Senate Read and Referred
  • SB 72Natural Resources, Board of; rules and regulations; watercraft; penalty of violations; change certain provisions
    • (1) Heath,Bill 31st
    • (2) Jackson,Bill 24th
    • (3) Tolleson,Ross 20th
    • (4) Butterworth,Jim 50th
    • (5) Douglas,John 17th
    • SC:NR&E
    • HC:GF&P
    Status:04/03/09 - House Withdrawn, Recommitted
  • SB 78Georgia Voluntary Remediation Program Act; define certain terms; provide for power/duties of Environmental Protection Div. director
    • (1) Tolleson,Ross 20th
    • (2) Golden,Tim 8th
    • (3) Wiles,John 37th
    • (4) Stoner,Doug 6th
    • (5) Hudgens,Ralph 47th
    • (6) Bulloch,John 11th
    • SC:NR&E
    • HC:NR&E
    Status:05/27/10 - Senate Date Signed by Governor
  • SB 99Boating Safety Zones; prohibit operation of certain vessels on Lake Sinclair
    • (1) Grant,Johnny 25th
    • SC:NR&E
    • HC:GF&P
    Status:05/20/10 - Senate Date Signed by Governor
  • SB 110Wildlife; prohibition against trapping wildlife upon the rights of way of public roads/highways; provide exception
    • (1) Bulloch,John 11th
    • SC:NR&E
    • HC:GF&P
    Status:04/21/09 - Senate Date Signed by Governor
  • SB 111Wildlife; restrictions on hunting certain animals with lights
    • (1) Bulloch,John 11th
    • SC:NR&E
    • HC:GF&P
    Status:04/21/09 - Senate Date Signed by Governor
  • SB 155Soil Erosion and Sedimentation; 25 foot buffers along state waters; change certain provisions
    • (1) Pearson,Chip 51st
    • (2) Tolleson,Ross 20th
    • (3) Williams,Tommie 19th
    • (4) Rogers,Chip 21st
    • (5) Chance,Ronnie 16th
    • (6) Hawkins,Lee 49th
    • SC:NR&E
    • HC:NR&E
    Status:05/04/09 - Senate Date Signed by Governor
  • SB 166Jekyll Island-State Park Authority; terms of leases of subdivided lots; provisions; provide for lease amounts
    • (1) Pearson,Chip 51st
    • (2) Tolleson,Ross 20th
    • (3) Rogers,Chip 21st
    • (4) Williams,Tommie 19th
    • SC:NR&E
    • HC:
    Status:03/22/10 - Senate Read Second Time
  • SB 198Natural Resources; provide costs to be covered by fee; compliance with state/federal clean air laws
    • (1) Tolleson,Ross 20th
    • (2) Harp,Seth 29th
    • (3) Bulloch,John 11th
    • SC:NR&E
    • HC:NR&E
    Status:04/21/09 - Senate Date Signed by Governor
  • SB 203Game/Fish; regulate taking, possession, transportation, farming, selling of fresh-water turtles; provide rules/regulations
    • (1) Mullis,Jeff 53rd
    • (2) Thomas,Don 54th
    • (3) Smith,Preston 52nd
    • SC:NR&E
    • HC:
    Status:01/11/10 - Senate Recommitted
  • SB 228Soil Erosion/Sedimentation; 25 foot buffers along state waters; provisions
    • (1) Tolleson,Ross 20th
    • (2) Grant,Johnny 25th
    • (3) Bulloch,John 11th
    • SC:NR&E
    • HC:NR&E
    Status:03/18/09 - House Second Readers
  • SB 229Conservation/Natural Resources; references to administrative law judge/hearing officer, final decision of Board of Natural Resources; prov.
    • (1) Tolleson,Ross 20th
    • (2) Johnson,Eric 1st
    • (3) Williams,Tommie 19th
    • SC:NR&E
    • HC:
    Status:03/12/09 - Senate Third Read Lost
  • SB 276Air Quality; provide collective emissions limitations for facilities emitting pentachlorophenol near primary/secondary schools
    • (1) Fort,Vincent 39th
    • (2) Reed,Kasim 35th
    • SC:NR&E
    • HC:
    Status:03/23/09 - Senate Read and Referred
  • SB 303Wild Animals; include certain reptiles; provide for a period to obtain a license
    • (1) Douglas,John 17th
    • SC:NR&E
    • HC:
    Status:02/09/10 - Senate Committee Unfavorably Reported
  • SB 311Water Savings and Conservation Act; require Environmental Protection Division to inspect certain infrastructure removing surface water
    • (1) Shafer,David 48th
    • (2) Rogers,Chip 21st
    • (3) Hudgens,Ralph 47th
    • (4) Murphy,Jack 27th
    • (5) Hill,Judson 32nd
    • (6) Hawkins,Lee 49th
    • SC:NR&E
    • HC:
    Status:01/14/10 - Senate Read and Referred
  • SB 321Public Water Supply-Private Initiative Act; provide
    • (1) Pearson,Chip 51st
    • (2) Williams,Tommie 19th
    • (3) Rogers,Chip 21st
    • (4) Tolleson,Ross 20th
    • (5) Mullis,Jeff 53rd
    • (6) Hill,Judson 32nd
    • SC:NR&E
    • HC:NR&E
    Status:03/24/10 - House Second Readers
  • SB 370Water; examine practices, programs, policies; develop programs for voluntary water conservation; reports of measurable progress
    • (1) Tolleson,Ross 20th
    • (2) Bulloch,John 11th
    • (3) Cowsert,Bill 46th
    • (4) Hooks,George 14th
    • (5) Weber,Dan 40th
    • (6) Heath,Bill 31st
    • SC:NR&E
    • HC:Rules
    Status:06/01/10 - Senate Date Signed by Governor
  • SB 380Ga Environmental Facilities Authority; water supply division; authority to make loans/grants to local governments; expansion of existing reservoirs
    • (1) Pearson,Chip 51st
    • (2) Tolleson,Ross 20th
    • (3) Butterworth,Jim 50th
    • (4) Bulloch,John 11th
    • (5) Weber,Dan 40th
    • SC:NR&E
    • HC:NR&E
    Status:05/20/10 - Senate Date Signed by Governor
  • SB 401Georgia Energy Freedom Act of 2010
    • (1) Seabaugh,Mitch 28th
    • (2) Rogers,Chip 21st
    • (3) Heath,Bill 31st
    • (4) Cowsert,Bill 46th
    • (5) Chapman,Jeff 3rd
    • (6) Mullis,Jeff 53rd
    • SC:NR&E
    • HC:NR&E
    Status:03/26/10 - House Second Readers
  • SB 402Land Conservation; redefine certain terms
    • (1) Tolleson,Ross 20th
    • (2) Bulloch,John 11th
    • (3) Hooks,George 14th
    • SC:NR&E
    • HC:NR&E
    Status:06/04/10 - Senate Date Signed by Governor
  • SB 424Game/Fish; provide certain licenses; exotic game; define terms
    • (1) Goggans,Greg 7th
    • (2) Williams,Tommie 19th
    • SC:NR&E
    • HC:
    Status:02/17/10 - Senate Read and Referred
  • SB 437Stone Mountain Memorial Association; add an additional member
    • (1) Henson,Steve 41st
    • (2) Butler,Gloria 55th
    • SC:NR&E
    • HC:
    Status:03/10/10 - Senate Read Second Time
  • SB 442"Water System Interconnection Redundancy and Reliability Act; achieve district-wide interconnection within Metro. North Georgia Water Planning
    • (1) Weber,Dan 40th
    • (2) Tolleson,Ross 20th
    • (3) Balfour,Don 9th
    • (4) Murphy,Jack 27th
    • (5) Adelman,David 42nd
    • (6) Hooks,George 14th
    • SC:NR&E
    • HC:NR&E
    Status:04/20/10 - House Committee Favorably Reported
  • SB 462"River Basin Protection Ac"; statement of policy; permitting of interbasin transfers of water
    • (1) Butterworth,Jim 50th
    • (2) Smith,Preston 52nd
    • (3) Mullis,Jeff 53rd
    • (4) Hooks,George 14th
    • (5) Chapman,Jeff 3rd
    • (6) Orrock,Nan 36th
    • SC:NR&E
    • HC:
    Status:03/10/10 - Senate Read and Referred
  • SB 473Wildlife; closed seasons for deer; change certain provisions
    • (1) Thomas,Don 54th
    • (2) Mullis,Jeff 53rd
    • (3) Pearson,Chip 51st
    • (4) Balfour,Don 9th
    • (5) Wiles,John 37th
    • (6) Stoner,Doug 6th
    • SC:NR&E
    • HC:
    Status:03/10/10 - Senate Read and Referred
  • SB 474Wildlife; possession of native wild animal killed by motor vehicle; provide exceptions and conditions
    • (1) Thomas,Don 54th
    • (2) Hill,Jack 4th
    • (3) Orrock,Nan 36th
    • (4) Murphy,Jack 27th
    • (5) Thompson,Steve 33rd
    • (6) Hill,Judson 32nd
    • SC:NR&E
    • HC:GF&P
    Status:06/03/10 - Senate Date Signed by Governor
  • SB 486Natural Resources, Board of; provide deference by administrative law judges on technical issues; reviewing permits
    • (1) Tolleson,Ross 20th
    • (2) Thomas,Don 54th
    • (3) Bulloch,John 11th
    • SC:NR&E
    • HC:
    Status:03/24/10 - Senate Rule 7-1.6(b)
  • SB 489Georgia Lead Poisoning Prevention Act of 1994; extensively revise provisions; define terms
    • (1) Tolleson,Ross 20th
    • (2) Bulloch,John 11th
    • SC:NR&E
    • HC:
    Status:03/16/10 - Senate Read and Referred
  • SB 490Hazardous Waste; amend certain definitions; update provisions to make consistent with federal regulations
    • (1) Tolleson,Ross 20th
    • (2) Bulloch,John 11th
    • SC:NR&E
    • HC:NR&E
    Status:06/03/10 - Senate Date Signed by Governor
  • SB 492Natural Resources; specify level of professional registration required for reviews; permits issued by Environment Protection Division
    • (1) Bulloch,John 11th
    • (2) Tolleson,Ross 20th
    • SC:NR&E
    • HC:
    Status:03/16/10 - Senate Read and Referred
  • SB 522Water Resources; notices to affected property owners; new elevations that are proposed for any property located in regulatory floodway
    • (1) Carter,Earl Buddy 1st
    • SC:NR&E
    • HC:
    Status:03/18/10 - Senate Read and Referred
  • SR 12General Assembly; authorize to provide a general law for payment of rewards; first commercial oil and natural gas wells CA
    • (1) Pearson,Chip 51st
    • (2) Rogers,Chip 21st
    • (3) Williams,Tommie 19th
    • (4) Tolleson,Ross 20th
    • (5) Mullis,Jeff 53rd
    • (6) Johnson,Eric 1st
    • SC:NR&E
    • HC:EU&T
    Status:02/17/10 - House Committee Favorably Reported
  • SR 107Congress; urged to facilitate the building of reservoirs upstream from Lake Sidney Lanier
    • (1) Pearson,Chip 51st
    • (2) Murphy,Jack 27th
    • (3) Hawkins,Lee 49th
    • (4) Butterworth,Jim 50th
    • (5) Moody,Dan 56th
    • SC:NR&E
    • HC:
    Status:02/11/09 - Senate Passed/Adopted
  • SR 109Retrofit of Diesel Engines; joint study committee; create
    • (1) Tolleson,Ross 20th
    • (2) Mullis,Jeff 53rd
    • (3) Balfour,Don 9th
    • (4) Pearson,Chip 51st
    • (5) Stoner,Doug 6th
    • SC:NR&E
    • HC:NR&E
    Status:03/18/09 - House Withdrawn, Recommitted
  • SR 184Senate Study Committee on Boating Safety; create
    • (1) Tolleson,Ross 20th
    • (2) Hudgens,Ralph 47th
    • (3) Hawkins,Lee 49th
    • (4) Grant,Johnny 25th
    • SC:NR&E
    • HC:
    Status:04/01/09 - Senate Passed/Adopted
  • SR 304U.S. Fish/Wildlife Service; urged to conduct further scientific study in the Etowah River Basin; perform mandatory five-year review
    • (1) Pearson,Chip 51st
    • (2) Murphy,Jack 27th
    • (3) Moody,Dan 56th
    • (4) Heath,Bill 31st
    • (5) Shafer,David 48th
    • (6) Rogers,Chip 21st
    • SC:NR&E
    • HC:
    Status:03/05/09 - Senate Passed/Adopted
  • SR 333Lamar Mobley Memorial Barn; designate
    • (1) Powell,J. 23rd
    • (2) Tolleson,Ross 20th
    • (3) Tarver,Ed 22nd
    • (4) Jackson,Bill 24th
    • (5) Hudgens,Ralph 47th
    • (6) Orrock,Nan 36th
    • SC:NR&E
    • HC:SI&P
    Status:05/05/09 - Senate Date Signed by Governor
  • SR 433U.S. Congress; request to oppose legislative efforts to expand the reach and scope of the Clean Water Act
    • (1) Tolleson,Ross 20th
    • (2) Bulloch,John 11th
    • (3) Hooks,George 14th
    • SC:NR&E
    • HC:
    Status:04/01/09 - Senate Passed/Adopted
  • SR 579Senate Biomass/Bioenergy Study Committee; create
    • (1) Tolleson,Ross 20th
    • (2) Golden,Tim 8th
    • (3) Bulloch,John 11th
    • (4) Hooks,George 14th
    • SC:NR&E
    • HC:
    Status:04/01/09 - Senate Passed/Adopted
  • SR 589Congress; request legislative action to change the current definition of renewable biomass; forest lands
    • (1) Tolleson,Ross 20th
    • (2) Powell,J. 23rd
    • (3) Hudgens,Ralph 47th
    • (4) Hawkins,Lee 49th
    • (5) Chapman,Jeff 3rd
    • (6) Hill,Jack 4th
    • SC:NR&E
    • HC:
    Status:04/01/09 - Senate Passed/Adopted
  • SR 619Environmental Protection Division; natural to dissolved oxygen in Savannah Harbor; aquatic species; request to lead efforts
    • (1) Jackson,Lester 2nd
    • (2) Tolleson,Ross 20th
    • SC:NR&E
    • HC:
    Status:04/01/09 - Senate Passed/Adopted
  • SR 667Senate Retrofit of Diesel Engines Study Committee; create
    • (1) Tolleson,Ross 20th
    • SC:NR&E
    • HC:
    Status:04/01/09 - Senate Passed/Adopted
  • SR 859U.S. Dept. of Interior, Mineral Mgmt. Service; urged to include all outer continental shelf planning areas in proposed five-year plan
    • (1) Hill,Judson 32nd
    • (2) Rogers,Chip 21st
    • (3) Shafer,David 48th
    • (4) Hawkins,Lee 49th
    • (5) Butterworth,Jim 50th
    • (6) Murphy,Jack 27th
    • SC:NR&E
    • HC:
    Status:04/27/10 - Senate Passed/Adopted
  • SR 958Congress; urged to adopt legislation; postpone U.S. Environmental Protection effort to regulate greenhouse gases through Clean Air Act
    • (1) Pearson,Chip 51st
    • (2) Murphy,Jack 27th
    • (3) Mullis,Jeff 53rd
    • (4) Rogers,Chip 21st
    • (5) Tolleson,Ross 20th
    • SC:NR&E
    • HC:
    Status:02/10/10 - Senate Read Second Time
  • SR 973Congress; requesting to avoid passing Cap and Trade type legislation
    • (1) Heath,Bill 31st
    • (2) Balfour,Don 9th
    • (3) Seabaugh,Mitch 28th
    • (4) Williams,Tommie 19th
    • (5) Rogers,Chip 21st
    • (6) Hawkins,Lee 49th
    • SC:NR&E
    • HC:
    Status:03/22/10 - Senate Read Second Time
  • SR 1094Governmental/Industry Efforts; urged to increase the availability and use of alternative fuels
    • (1) James,Donzella 35th
    • (2) Seay,Valencia 34th
    • (3) Tate,Horacena 38th
    • (4) Fort,Vincent 39th
    • (5) Butler,Gloria 55th
    • (6) Orrock,Nan 36th
    • SC:NR&E
    • HC:
    Status:04/27/10 - Senate Passed/Adopted
  • SR 1486Georgia Invasive Species Task Force; expressing the need for members to develop specific recommendations
    • (1) Williams,Tommie 19th
    • SC:NR&E
    • HC:
    Status:04/20/10 - Senate Read and Referred
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