Georgia House Bill 260

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-0)
Status: Introduced on February 6 2023 - 25% progression
Action: 2023-02-08 - 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 require all state entities to consider and report on environmental justice concerns prior to taking certain state actions; to create the Environmental Justice Commission; 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 this state shall be excluded from any state funded program or activity because of race, color, or national origin; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Georgia Environmental Justice Act of 2023; enact

Rep. Kim Schofield [D]	Rep. Viola Davis [D]	Rep. Billy Mitchell [D]	Rep. Carl Gilliard [D]
Rep. Mandisha Thomas [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2023-02-08	House	House Second Readers
2023-02-07	House	House First Readers
2023-02-06	House	House Hopper

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/64045
Text	https://www.legis.ga.gov/api/legislation/document/20232024/213763