Despite a busy lobbying season and legislative talks about Georgia’s most famous swamp, no bills passed on the Okefenokee this year.
The popular House Bill 71, nicknamed the Okefenokee Protection Act, picked up over half the House of Representatives but died in committee again.
A renewed version of HB 1338, a bill creating a 3-year moratorium on applications for certain types of mining near the Okefenokee Swamp, was introduced in the senate but failed to pass on the last day of the session.
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