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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Sales and use tax; exemption for sales of admissions to nonrecurring major sporting events; revise"
+description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 48-8-3 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to exemptions from sales and use taxes, so as to revise the exemption for sales of admissions to nonrecurring major sporting events; to amend the definition of \"major sporting event\" to include any match of a FIFA World Cup; to extend the sunset provision for the exemption; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
+legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
+session: "2021_22"
+identifier: "HB 1034"
+citation: "Georgia HB 1034 (2021_22)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Bruce Williamson", "Calvin Smyre", "David Wilkerson", "Houston Gaines", "Marcus Wiedower", "Trey Rhodes"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 16
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2022-01-26"
+last_action: "2022-07-01"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/22e08517-070e-483b-8771-cf9320839d67"
+source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
+source_hash: "0aec847c359bd7d3a9c4b540e41683ee2885c8d3cefffe165a7b0ffdaacaa0c9"
+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 1034 (2021_22) — Sales and use tax; exemption for sales of admissions to nonrecurring major sporting events; revise
+
+A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 48-8-3 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to exemptions from sales and use taxes, so as to revise the exemption for sales of admissions to nonrecurring major sporting events; to amend the definition of "major sporting event" to include any match of a FIFA World Cup; to extend the sunset provision for the exemption; 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. **Fiscal Note LC 50 0242** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/206933.pdf)
+2. **HB 1034/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/211222.pdf)
+3. **LC 50 0292/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/204053.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **155–15** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Bruce Williamson — primary (person)
+- Calvin Smyre — primary (person)
+- David Wilkerson — primary (person)
+- Houston Gaines — primary (person)
+- Marcus Wiedower — primary (person)
+- Trey Rhodes — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2022-01-26** House Hopper
+- **2022-01-27** House First Readers `reading-1`
+- **2022-02-01** House Second Readers `reading-2`
+- **2022-02-17** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2022-03-15** House Third Readers `reading-3`
+- **2022-03-15** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
+- **2022-03-16** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
+- **2022-03-25** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2022-03-28** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
+- **2022-03-30** Senate Engrossed `passage`
+- **2022-03-30** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
+- **2022-03-30** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
+- **2022-04-06** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2022-05-02** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2022-05-02** Act 757 `executive-signature`
+- **2022-07-01** Effective Date
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/22e08517-070e-483b-8771-cf9320839d67`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
+