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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Ad valorem tax; use of property for solar power generation; provide exception to a breach of covenants"
+description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 5 of Title 48 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions regarding ad valorem taxation of property, so as to provide an exception to a breach of the covenants for use of the property for solar power generation; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
+legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
+session: "2017_18"
+identifier: "HB 238"
+citation: "Georgia HB 238 (2017_18)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Dominic LaRiccia", "James Epps", "Matt Hatchett", "Sam Watson", "Stacey Abrams", "Terry England"]
+version_count: 0
+action_count: 17
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2017-02-02"
+last_action: "2017-04-17"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9f64bc6e-c247-43d4-867e-26f3ca743201"
+source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
+source_hash: "1224009729c98ac039f1cc4bd4522c898abc19b5b8123a25c4a634a78772fe1b"
+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 238 (2017_18) — Ad valorem tax; use of property for solar power generation; provide exception to a breach of covenants
+
+A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 5 of Title 48 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions regarding ad valorem taxation of property, so as to provide an exception to a breach of the covenants for use of the property for solar power generation; 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.
+
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **170–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Dominic LaRiccia — primary (person)
+- James Epps — primary (person)
+- Matt Hatchett — primary (person)
+- Sam Watson — primary (person)
+- Stacey Abrams — primary (person)
+- Terry England — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2017-02-02** House Hopper
+- **2017-02-07** House First Readers `reading-1`
+- **2017-02-08** House Second Readers `reading-2`
+- **2017-02-16** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2017-02-22** House Third Readers `reading-3`
+- **2017-02-22** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
+- **2017-02-23** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
+- **2017-03-16** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2017-03-20** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
+- **2017-03-22** Senate Engrossed `passage`
+- **2017-03-22** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
+- **2017-03-22** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
+- **2017-03-24** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
+- **2017-04-03** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2017-04-17** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2017-04-17** Act 16 `executive-signature`
+- **2017-04-17** Effective Date
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9f64bc6e-c247-43d4-867e-26f3ca743201`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
+