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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Revenue and taxation; level 1 freeport exemptions for certain goods in inventory for electric utilities; provide"
+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, so as to provide for level 1 freeport exemptions for certain goods in inventory for electric utilities; to provide for application for such exemptions; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
+legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
+session: "2025_26"
+identifier: "HB 1261"
+citation: "Georgia HB 1261 (2025_26)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["PUBLIC UTILITIES AND TRANSPORTATION", "REVENUE AND TAXATION"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Brad Thomas", "Bruce Williamson", "Chas Cannon", "David Huddleston", "Robert Dickey", "Spencer Frye"]
+version_count: 2
+action_count: 15
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2026-02-09"
+last_action: "2026-05-11"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c89a43fd-c456-4ab1-90b2-d6d4c41d34f3"
+source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
+source_hash: "7b3d27f0c00643131777a0e850232942875fb341e48a8c5831c63702334353ee"
+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 1261 (2025_26) — Revenue and taxation; level 1 freeport exemptions for certain goods in inventory for electric utilities; provide
+
+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, so as to provide for level 1 freeport exemptions for certain goods in inventory for electric utilities; to provide for application for such exemptions; 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 1261/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/246940.pdf)
+2. **LC 56 0550/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/242064.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Senate Vote #762 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **29–19** (pass) · upper
+- Senate Vote #778 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **45–0** (pass) · upper
+- House Vote #662 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **100–66** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Brad Thomas — primary (person)
+- Bruce Williamson — primary (person)
+- Chas Cannon — primary (person)
+- David Huddleston — primary (person)
+- Robert Dickey — primary (person)
+- Spencer Frye — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2026-02-09** House Hopper `introduction`
+- **2026-02-10** House First Readers `reading-1`
+- **2026-02-11** House Second Readers `reading-2`
+- **2026-03-03** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-03-06** House Third Readers `reading-3`
+- **2026-03-06** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
+- **2026-03-09** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
+- **2026-03-18** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-03-19** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
+- **2026-03-20** Senate Engrossed `passage`
+- **2026-03-20** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
+- **2026-03-20** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
+- **2026-04-06** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2026-05-11** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2026-05-11** Act 483 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c89a43fd-c456-4ab1-90b2-d6d4c41d34f3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
+