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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Tax and revenue; confidentiality of certain tax information; provisions"
+description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 2 of Title 48 of the O.C.G.A., relating to state administration and collection of revenue, so as to provide for confidentiality of certain tax information; to provide for an interest rate on delinquent payments that adjusts to reflect changes in the prime rate; to adjust the penalties for nonpayment of ad valorem taxes to offset the reduction in interest rate; to make distribution of penalties equitable between taxing jurisdictions; to provide for additional procedures, conditions, and limitations; to provide for notice to political subdivisions upon the filing of certain tax refund requests; to provide for confidentiality of taxpayer information; to provide for automatic transfer to the Georgia Tax Tribunal in certain cases; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
+legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
+session: "2015_16"
+identifier: "HB 960"
+citation: "Georgia HB 960 (2015_16)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Barbara Sims", "Brett Harrell", "Jay Powell", "Katie Dempsey", "Penny Houston", "Trey Kelley"]
+version_count: 6
+action_count: 20
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2016-02-09"
+last_action: "2016-07-01"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e4e91844-b76f-487e-ae09-eaf1e50f57e0"
+source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
+source_hash: "15c3be0e980a09be72884591eea89697f84282dbcc4639ef200ebfdd95f61c67"
+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 960 (2015_16) — Tax and revenue; confidentiality of certain tax information; provisions
+
+A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 2 of Title 48 of the O.C.G.A., relating to state administration and collection of revenue, so as to provide for confidentiality of certain tax information; to provide for an interest rate on delinquent payments that adjusts to reflect changes in the prime rate; to adjust the penalties for nonpayment of ad valorem taxes to offset the reduction in interest rate; to make distribution of penalties equitable between taxing jurisdictions; to provide for additional procedures, conditions, and limitations; to provide for notice to political subdivisions upon the filing of certain tax refund requests; to provide for confidentiality of taxpayer information; to provide for automatic transfer to the Georgia Tax Tribunal in certain cases; to provide for related matters; 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 37 0742** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/162053.pdf)
+2. **HB 960/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/162224.pdf)
+3. **LC 34 4828ER/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/156976.pdf)
+4. **LC 34 4901ERS/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/159286.pdf)
+5. **LC 34 4901ERS/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/158726.pdf)
+6. **Sen ctee sub LC 43 0379ERS** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/160467.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **164–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Barbara Sims — primary (person)
+- Brett Harrell — primary (person)
+- Jay Powell — primary (person)
+- Katie Dempsey — primary (person)
+- Penny Houston — primary (person)
+- Trey Kelley — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2016-02-09** House Hopper
+- **2016-02-10** House First Readers `reading-1`
+- **2016-02-11** House Second Readers `reading-2`
+- **2016-02-24** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2016-02-29** House Third Readers `reading-3`
+- **2016-02-29** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
+- **2016-03-02** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
+- **2016-03-15** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2016-03-15** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
+- **2016-03-22** Senate Engrossed `passage`
+- **2016-03-22** Senate Tabled
+- **2016-03-24** Senate Taken from Table
+- **2016-03-24** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
+- **2016-03-24** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
+- **2016-03-24** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub As Amended
+- **2016-03-24** Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
+- **2016-04-05** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2016-04-27** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2016-04-27** Act 488 `executive-signature`
+- **2016-07-01** Effective Date
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e4e91844-b76f-487e-ae09-eaf1e50f57e0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
+