House committee
Natural Resources & Environment
The House Natural Resources and Environment Committee is assigned legislation pertaining to management, quality, and usage of Georgia’s natural resources. Within the full committee, there are two standing subcommittees: Environmental Quality and Resource Management. Legislation is assigned to these subcommittees based on the subject matter of each individual bill or resolution. The Committee Chairman is Representative Lynn Smith from Newnan, Georgia.
Committee members
Bills pending in this committee
HB1501
Environmental Protection Division; maintain a public website for monitoring levels of certain contaminants in public water systems
March 6, 2026Pending: House Natural Resources and Environment
HB1383
Tallapoosa River Basin; daily emission limitations for toluene from stationary sources; provide
February 20, 2026Pending: House Natural Resources and Environment
HB1237
Pollution Prevention and Producer Responsibility Act of 2026; enact
February 10, 2026Pending: House Natural Resources and Environment
HB1072
Environmental Protection Division; authorize director to investigate and consider out-of-state regulatory history when processing applications for certain permits
February 2, 2026Pending: House Natural Resources and Environment
HR513
Congress; investigate dispersion of chemicals into the sky by aircraft; encourage
March 11, 2025Pending: House Natural Resources and Environment
HB644
Environmental Protection Division; authorize director to investigate and consider out-of-state regulatory history when processing applications for certain permits
February 28, 2025Pending: House Natural Resources and Environment
HB611
Forever Chemicals Transparency Act; enact
February 27, 2025Pending: House Natural Resources and Environment
HB562
Natural Resources, Department of; five-year moratorium on acceptance of applications for new or requests to modify existing permits; provisions
February 24, 2025Pending: House Natural Resources and Environment
HB561
Okefenokee Protection Act; enact
February 24, 2025Pending: House Natural Resources and Environment
HR100
House Study Committee on the Cumulative Impact of Pollution on Economic Development and Growth; create
February 3, 2025Pending: House Natural Resources and Environment
HB43
Disadvantaged Community Drinking Water Assistance Program; establish
January 16, 2025Pending: House Natural Resources and Environment
HR9
General Assembly; create Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Fund; authorize - CA
January 15, 2025Pending: House Natural Resources and Environment
HR11
Georgia Environmental Protection Division and DeKalb County government; resolve sewage pollution and spills; urge
January 15, 2025Pending: House Natural Resources and Environment
HB9
Safer States Act; enact
January 15, 2025Pending: House Natural Resources and Environment