Georgia House Bill 495 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-0)
Status: Introduced on February 21 2023 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2023-02-23 - House Second Readers
Pending: House Natural Resources and Environment Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 12 of the O.C.G.A., relating to conservation and natural resources, so as to create the Environmental Justice Commission; to provide for the duties of the commission; to provide that as a prerequisite for obtaining certain permits in neighborhoods consisting of persons of color or from low-income families applicants shall take certain actions to mitigate health hazards; to provide that governmental agencies shall consider the disproportionate effect of environmental hazards on people of color or people from low-income families in implementing certain environmental policies; to provide that no person in Georgia shall be excluded from any state funded program or activity because of race, color, or national origin; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Georgia Environmental Justice Act of 2023; enact

Rep. Karla Drenner [D]	Rep. Doreen Carter [D]	Rep. Becky Evans [D]	Rep. Viola Davis [D]
Rep. Mandisha Thomas [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2023-02-23	House	House Second Readers
2023-02-22	House	House First Readers
2023-02-21	House	House Hopper

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/64601
Text	https://www.legis.ga.gov/api/legislation/document/20232024/215266