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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Freeport exemption; applicability to fertilizer production processes; clarify"
+description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 48-5-48.2 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to freeport exemption, so as to clarify the applicability of an exemption to fertilizer production processes; to provide for an effective date and applicability; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
+legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
+session: "2013_14"
+identifier: "HB 304"
+citation: "Georgia HB 304 (2013_14)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Chad Nimmer", "Ellis Black", "Jason Shaw", "Sam Watson", "Terry England", "Tom McCall"]
+version_count: 2
+action_count: 16
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2013-02-11"
+last_action: "2014-01-01"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f6620c11-9e13-46f9-a75e-e04c13cd7910"
+source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
+source_hash: "0a5e8e3adad1df06e66953bef9444dd2bdbe150baacbe2b9508594482b7df270"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ga"]
+---
+
+# Georgia HB 304 (2013_14) — Freeport exemption; applicability to fertilizer production processes; clarify
+
+A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 48-5-48.2 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to freeport exemption, so as to clarify the applicability of an exemption to fertilizer production processes; to provide for an effective date and applicability; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **HB 304/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/136353.pdf)
+2. **LC 40 0256/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/130514.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **165–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Chad Nimmer — primary (person)
+- Ellis Black — primary (person)
+- Jason Shaw — primary (person)
+- Sam Watson — primary (person)
+- Terry England — primary (person)
+- Tom McCall — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2013-02-11** House Hopper
+- **2013-02-12** House First Readers `reading-1`
+- **2013-02-13** House Second Readers `reading-2`
+- **2013-02-28** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2013-03-05** House Third Readers `reading-3`
+- **2013-03-05** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
+- **2013-03-07** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
+- **2013-03-20** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2013-03-21** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
+- **2013-03-25** Senate Engrossed `passage`
+- **2013-03-25** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
+- **2013-03-25** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
+- **2013-04-01** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2013-04-18** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2013-04-18** Act 23 `executive-signature`
+- **2014-01-01** Effective Date
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f6620c11-9e13-46f9-a75e-e04c13cd7910`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
+