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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Ad valorem tax; property; change certain definitions"
+description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 5 of Title 48 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to ad valorem taxation of property, so as to change certain definitions regarding such taxation; to provide an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
+legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
+session: "2015_16"
+identifier: "HB 987"
+citation: "Georgia HB 987 (2015_16)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Jay Powell", "Tom McCall"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 19
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2016-02-11"
+last_action: "2016-07-01"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e5cb2356-5f92-4393-908e-2b8ed118b2f9"
+source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
+source_hash: "d6590b36d2d81e67656b30461e02336cfc7c8a8e07feef633c8745bd3217fa2d"
+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 987 (2015_16) — Ad valorem tax; property; change certain definitions
+
+A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 5 of Title 48 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to ad valorem taxation of property, so as to change certain definitions regarding such taxation; to provide 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. **HB 987/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/162179.pdf)
+2. **LC 34 4818/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/157251.pdf)
+3. **LC 43 0324S/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/158835.pdf)
+4. **LC 43 0324S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/158386.pdf)
+5. **Sen ctee sub LC 34 4932S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/160765.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **169–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Jay Powell — primary (person)
+- Tom McCall — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2016-02-11** House Hopper
+- **2016-02-16** House First Readers `reading-1`
+- **2016-02-17** House Second Readers `reading-2`
+- **2016-02-23** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2016-02-25** House Third Readers `reading-3`
+- **2016-02-25** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
+- **2016-02-26** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
+- **2016-03-16** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2016-03-16** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
+- **2016-03-22** Senate Engrossed `passage`
+- **2016-03-22** Senate Tabled
+- **2016-03-22** Senate Taken from Table
+- **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
+- **2016-03-30** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2016-04-28** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2016-04-28** Act 493 `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/e5cb2356-5f92-4393-908e-2b8ed118b2f9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
+