2025-2026 Regular Session

SB511

"Georgia River Heritage Act"; enact

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 8 of Title 44 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to water rights, so as to clarify the right of citizens of this state to use nonnavigable streams for passage; to provide for a legislative finding; to provide for a short title; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Current disposition: Pending: Senate Transportation
Last status date: February 17, 2026
Last status update: Senate Read and Referred
Pending committee: Transportation
Author: Shawn Still
Co-sponsors: Chuck Hufstetler Kim Jackson Nan Orrock Sonya Halpern

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Committee referrals

February 17, 2026 · Senate

Transportation

Instrument history

This is the complete recorded action history in the current source package. Highlighted entries are marked as significant by the source. A roll-call link appears only when a vote-like action has one unambiguous same-day chamber vote.

February 17, 2026
Senate Senate Read and Referred
February 12, 2026
Senate Senate Hopper

Source provenance

LegiScan bill ID: 2116171
LegiScan session ID: 2167
Source file: var/states/georgia/source/legiscan/2167-841ad2a0e705/bill/SB511.json
Package observed: 2026-07-17T02:17:01+00:00