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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Sales and use tax; materials to be used in certain construction projects of zoological institutions; extend exemption"
+description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 48-8-3 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to exemptions from sales and use taxes, so as to extend a sales tax exemption for materials to be used in certain construction projects of zoological institutions; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
+legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
+session: "2015_16"
+identifier: "HB 428"
+citation: "Georgia HB 428 (2015_16)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Ron Stephens"]
+version_count: 6
+action_count: 18
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2015-02-20"
+last_action: "2015-07-01"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2419d2fe-6b50-49da-97b9-9bda7fe57c14"
+source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
+source_hash: "38b89c2546b158900570182ec96d153c2735bf45981260641815b180884aca6a"
+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 428 (2015_16) — Sales and use tax; materials to be used in certain construction projects of zoological institutions; extend exemption
+
+A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 48-8-3 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to exemptions from sales and use taxes, so as to extend a sales tax exemption for materials to be used in certain construction projects of zoological institutions; to provide for an effective date; 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. **Floor Amendment - AM 40 0148** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/153555.pdf)
+2. **HB 428/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/153930.pdf)
+3. **LC 34 4599S/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/150994.pdf)
+4. **LC 34 4599S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/150458.pdf)
+5. **LC 40 0827/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/148705.pdf)
+6. **Sen ctee sub LC 34 4686S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/152738.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **147–22** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Ron Stephens — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2015-02-20** House Hopper
+- **2015-02-23** House First Readers `reading-1`
+- **2015-02-24** House Second Readers `reading-2`
+- **2015-03-09** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2015-03-11** House Third Readers `reading-3`
+- **2015-03-11** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
+- **2015-03-13** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
+- **2015-03-27** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2015-03-27** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
+- **2015-03-31** Senate Engrossed `passage`
+- **2015-03-31** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
+- **2015-03-31** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
+- **2015-04-02** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub As Amended
+- **2015-04-02** Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
+- **2015-04-14** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2015-05-05** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2015-05-05** Act 51 `executive-signature`
+- **2015-07-01** Effective Date
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2419d2fe-6b50-49da-97b9-9bda7fe57c14`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
+