Waste management; require recycling of solar panels
Summary
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 1 of Article 2 of Chapter 8 of Title 12 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions relative to solid waste management, so as to require the recycling of solar panels; to prohibit the discarding or disposing of solar panels by any manner other than by delivery to a collection or recovered materials processing facility or other recycling center that accepts solar panels for recycling; to provide for definitions; to provide for penalties; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Bill status
passed
4 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2025
Committee Review
Mar 2026
House Passage
Feb 2026
Senate Passage
Mar 2026
Governor
Introduced Feb 6, 2025
Last action Mar 31, 2026
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MINOR
The bill was converted from a committee substitute to a committee substitute with a specific list of sponsoring representatives. This change primarily updates the procedural header to reflect the current sponsors and does not alter the substantive policy, scope, or requirements of the legislation.
TECHNICAL
The header was updated to list specific sponsoring representatives (Kelley, Dickey, Parsons, Camp, Cannon) and change the title format to explicitly state 'COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE'.
Floor votes · Senate Mar 27, 2026 · House Feb 25, 2026
How they voted
24–18
Passed · 5 other
Total votes 47
Mar 27, 2026
D
Democratic18
72% Nay
R
Republican29
82% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
15
Key actions
5
Committee
5
Mar 27, 2026
Senate · Passed
Senate Vote: pass (24-18-5)
senate
Mar 18, 2026
Upper · Passed
Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute
upper
Feb 26, 2026
Committee
Senate Read and Referred
upper
Feb 25, 2026
Lower · Passed
House Passed/Adopted By Substitute
lower
Feb 12, 2026
Lower · Passed
House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute
lower
Apr 4, 2025
Committee
House Withdrawn, Recommitted
lower
Feb 20, 2025
Lower · Passed
House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute
lower
Feb 6, 2025
Introduced
House Hopper
lower
6 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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