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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Ad valorem tax; property; change certain reporting requirements"
+description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 1 of Article 2 of Chapter 5 of Title 48 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to tax exemptions from property tax, so as to change certain reporting requirements; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
+legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
+session: "2017_18"
+identifier: "HB 888"
+citation: "Georgia HB 888 (2017_18)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Brett Harrell", "Chuck Efstration", "David Knight", "Terry Rogers", "Trey Rhodes"]
+version_count: 0
+action_count: 17
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2018-02-08"
+last_action: "2018-05-08"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0dc02efe-41be-4bfe-9175-a1fed9e7bd76"
+source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
+source_hash: "4bd890286c34aa9a92d3ae209d2c3e74c8b268aa64f8daf5513d6f182cb74c49"
+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 888 (2017_18) — Ad valorem tax; property; change certain reporting requirements
+
+A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 1 of Article 2 of Chapter 5 of Title 48 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to tax exemptions from property tax, so as to change certain reporting requirements; to provide for related matters; 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.
+
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **164–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Brett Harrell — primary (person)
+- Chuck Efstration — primary (person)
+- David Knight — primary (person)
+- Terry Rogers — primary (person)
+- Trey Rhodes — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2018-02-08** House Hopper
+- **2018-02-08** House First Readers `reading-1`
+- **2018-02-12** House Second Readers `reading-2`
+- **2018-02-22** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2018-02-26** House Third Readers `reading-3`
+- **2018-02-26** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
+- **2018-02-28** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
+- **2018-03-09** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2018-03-12** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
+- **2018-03-14** Senate Engrossed `passage`
+- **2018-03-14** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
+- **2018-03-14** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
+- **2018-03-29** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
+- **2018-04-06** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2018-05-08** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2018-05-08** Act 492 `executive-signature`
+- **2018-05-08** Effective Date
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0dc02efe-41be-4bfe-9175-a1fed9e7bd76`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
+