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+type: "Bill"
+title: "State sales and use tax; clarify eligible exemptions; provisions"
+description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 8 of Title 48 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions relative to the state sales and use tax, so as to clarify eligible exemptions; to amend Code Section 2-1-5 of the Office Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to annual license fees for qualified agriculture producers, so as to correct a cross-reference; 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 983"
+citation: "Georgia HB 983 (2013_14)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Jay Roberts", "Jon Burns", "Terry England", "Tom McCall"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 19
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2014-02-10"
+last_action: "2015-01-01"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cb0a02e4-4a13-4f49-a58c-aa3482636778"
+source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
+source_hash: "0e45c3ef6754960d934f9815e8c9505ea5aca3710622668afc7585ad35a25deb"
+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 983 (2013_14) — State sales and use tax; clarify eligible exemptions; provisions
+
+A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 8 of Title 48 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions relative to the state sales and use tax, so as to clarify eligible exemptions; to amend Code Section 2-1-5 of the Office Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to annual license fees for qualified agriculture producers, so as to correct a cross-reference; 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 983/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/144845.pdf)
+2. **LC 34 4197ERS/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/142082.pdf)
+3. **LC 34 4197ERS/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/141599.pdf)
+4. **LC 40 0551ER/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/139526.pdf)
+5. **Sen ctee sub LC 34 4245ERS** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/143529.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **173–3** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Jay Roberts — primary (person)
+- Jon Burns — primary (person)
+- Terry England — primary (person)
+- Tom McCall — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2014-02-10** House Hopper
+- **2014-02-10** House First Readers `reading-1`
+- **2014-02-11** House Second Readers `reading-2`
+- **2014-02-26** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2014-03-03** House Third Readers `reading-3`
+- **2014-03-03** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
+- **2014-03-04** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
+- **2014-03-13** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2014-03-13** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
+- **2014-03-18** Senate Engrossed `passage`
+- **2014-03-18** Senate Tabled
+- **2014-03-18** Senate Taken from Table
+- **2014-03-18** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
+- **2014-03-18** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
+- **2014-03-20** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
+- **2014-03-26** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2014-04-15** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2014-04-15** Act 533 `executive-signature`
+- **2015-01-01** Effective Date
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/cb0a02e4-4a13-4f49-a58c-aa3482636778`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
+