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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Ad valorem tax; certain watercraft held for sale or resale; make permanent an exemption"
+description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 7 of Article 10 of Chapter 5 of Title 48 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to watercraft held in inventory, so as to make permanent an exemption from ad valorem taxation for certain watercraft held in inventory for sale or resale; to provide for related matters; 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: "2015_16"
+identifier: "HB 769"
+citation: "Georgia HB 769 (2015_16)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Carl Rogers", "Emory Dunahoo", "Jeff Jones", "Lee Hawkins", "Penny Houston", "Ron Stephens"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 17
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2016-01-14"
+last_action: "2016-05-03"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f5a234cf-ffe7-4625-80bb-fe0156b9006d"
+source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
+source_hash: "fa2f04d64c9c160214b5bc93b7e326b579eec12679053bc58626bbf3937b5523"
+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 769 (2015_16) — Ad valorem tax; certain watercraft held for sale or resale; make permanent an exemption
+
+A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 7 of Article 10 of Chapter 5 of Title 48 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to watercraft held in inventory, so as to make permanent an exemption from ad valorem taxation for certain watercraft held in inventory for sale or resale; to provide for related matters; 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 769/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/162289.pdf)
+2. **LC 43 0200/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/154627.pdf)
+3. **Sen ctee sub LC 43 0344S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/160288.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **161–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Carl Rogers — primary (person)
+- Emory Dunahoo — primary (person)
+- Jeff Jones — primary (person)
+- Lee Hawkins — primary (person)
+- Penny Houston — primary (person)
+- Ron Stephens — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2016-01-14** House Hopper
+- **2016-01-15** House First Readers `reading-1`
+- **2016-01-20** House Second Readers `reading-2`
+- **2016-02-04** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2016-02-11** House Third Readers `reading-3`
+- **2016-02-11** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
+- **2016-02-16** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
+- **2016-03-14** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2016-03-14** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
+- **2016-03-22** Senate Engrossed `passage`
+- **2016-03-22** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
+- **2016-03-22** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
+- **2016-03-24** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
+- **2016-04-01** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2016-05-03** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2016-05-03** Act 527 `executive-signature`
+- **2016-05-03** Effective Date
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f5a234cf-ffe7-4625-80bb-fe0156b9006d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
+