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GA HB 611

died on adjournment

Forever Chemicals Transparency Act; enact

Georgia · 2025_26 · lower

Quick answers

Did GA HB 611 pass?

No. GA HB 611 died when the 2025-26 session adjourned without final action on it. Bills that die this way are sometimes reintroduced in a later session. Latest recorded action (2025-02-27): House Second Readers

What is GA HB 611 about?

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 2 of Chapter 5 of Title 12 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to control of water pollution and surface-water use, so as to require publicly owned treatment works to seek information from industrial users relating to the manufacture or use of PFAS; to provide for definitions; to provide for legislative findings; to provide for a short title; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Who sponsors GA HB 611?

Eddie Lumsden, Bill Hitchens, Kasey Carpenter and 3 others are the primary sponsors of GA HB 611.

Description

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 2 of Chapter 5 of Title 12 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to control of water pollution and surface-water use, so as to require publicly owned treatment works to seek information from industrial users relating to the manufacture or use of PFAS; to provide for definitions; to provide for legislative findings; to provide for a short title; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Introduced
2025-02-24
Latest action
2025-02-27 — House Second Readers
Bill type
bill
Last updated

Subjects

Sponsors

  • Eddie Lumsdenprimary
  • Bill Hitchensprimary
  • Kasey Carpenterprimary
  • Victor Andersonprimary
  • Buddy DeLoachprimary
  • Devan Seabaughprimary

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-02-24

    House Hopper

    introduction

  2. 2025-02-26

    House First Readers

    reading-1

  3. 2025-02-27

    House Second Readers

    reading-2

Versions

Documents

Votes

Not provided by source.

Related bills

No related bills recorded for this bill.

Official source

Attribution

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