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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Sales and use tax; local authorities providing public water or sewer service; exempt"
+description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 8 of Title 48 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to sales and use taxes, so as to exempt from taxation local authorities providing public water or sewer service; 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 374"
+citation: "Georgia HB 374 (2021_22)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Houston Gaines", "Marcus Wiedower", "Spencer Frye", "Terry England", "Tommy Benton"]
+version_count: 2
+action_count: 18
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2021-02-09"
+last_action: "2021-07-01"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/67ce42d5-440a-4d71-aa86-8ae21ed748a1"
+source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
+source_hash: "5dd16df5d1f5e6b0484ab7289900bd8f7af87fa4038e97369717df0f940ae8cf"
+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 374 (2021_22) — Sales and use tax; local authorities providing public water or sewer service; exempt
+
+A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 8 of Title 48 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to sales and use taxes, so as to exempt from taxation local authorities providing public water or sewer service; 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. **HB 374/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/202042.pdf)
+2. **LC 43 1855/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/197217.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **164–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Houston Gaines — primary (person)
+- Marcus Wiedower — primary (person)
+- Spencer Frye — primary (person)
+- Terry England — primary (person)
+- Tommy Benton — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2021-02-09** House Hopper
+- **2021-02-10** House First Readers `reading-1`
+- **2021-02-11** House Second Readers `reading-2`
+- **2021-02-18** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-02-23** House Third Readers `reading-3`
+- **2021-02-23** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
+- **2021-02-24** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
+- **2021-03-11** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-03-15** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
+- **2021-03-18** Senate Engrossed `passage`
+- **2021-03-18** Senate Tabled
+- **2021-03-29** Senate Taken from Table
+- **2021-03-29** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
+- **2021-03-29** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
+- **2021-04-06** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2021-05-06** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2021-05-06** Act 234 `executive-signature`
+- **2021-07-01** Effective Date
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/67ce42d5-440a-4d71-aa86-8ae21ed748a1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
+