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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Ad valorem tax; timber equipment and timber products held by timber producers; provide exemption"
+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 property tax exemptions, so as to provide for a state-wide exemption from all ad valorem taxes for timber equipment and timber products held by timber producers; to provide for a referendum; to provide for effective dates, applicability, and automatic repeal; to provide for compliance with constitutional requirements; 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 997"
+citation: "Georgia HB 997 (2021_22)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Debbie Buckner", "Gerald Greene", "Jon Burns", "Matt Hatchett", "Sam Watson", "Terry England"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 18
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2022-01-25"
+last_action: "2022-05-10"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/73e2c122-f48c-488a-b924-af90e18f0fcf"
+source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
+source_hash: "8aae95d3f433dc05c9c5e7ea574398cbdac2aff868aa8dd348bc5bf922a69971"
+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 997 (2021_22) — Ad valorem tax; timber equipment and timber products held by timber producers; provide exemption
+
+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 property tax exemptions, so as to provide for a state-wide exemption from all ad valorem taxes for timber equipment and timber products held by timber producers; to provide for a referendum; to provide for effective dates, applicability, and automatic repeal; to provide for compliance with constitutional requirements; 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 997/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/211161.pdf)
+2. **LC 43 2167/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/203889.pdf)
+3. **LC 43 2338S/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/209497.pdf)
+4. **LC 43 2338S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/208692.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **171–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Debbie Buckner — primary (person)
+- Gerald Greene — primary (person)
+- Jon Burns — primary (person)
+- Matt Hatchett — primary (person)
+- Sam Watson — primary (person)
+- Terry England — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2022-01-25** House Hopper
+- **2022-01-26** House First Readers `reading-1`
+- **2022-01-27** House Second Readers `reading-2`
+- **2022-02-24** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2022-03-03** House Withdrawn, Recommitted `referral-committee, withdrawal`
+- **2022-03-08** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2022-03-15** House Third Readers `reading-3`
+- **2022-03-15** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `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`
+- **2022-05-10** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2022-05-10** Act 859 `executive-signature`
+- **2022-05-10** Effective Date
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/73e2c122-f48c-488a-b924-af90e18f0fcf`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
+