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+type: "Bill"
+title: "General Assembly; increase maximum acreage to qualify for assessment and taxation as a bona fide conservation use property - CA"
+description: "A RESOLUTION proposing an amendment to the Constitution so as to increase the maximum acreage to qualify for assessment and taxation as a bona fide conservation use property; to provide for related matters; to provide for the submission of this amendment for ratification or rejection; and for other purposes."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
+legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
+session: "2025_26"
+identifier: "HR 32"
+citation: "Georgia HR 32 (2025_26)"
+classification: ["resolution"]
+subjects: ["CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES", "PROPERTY", "REVENUE AND TAXATION"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Chuck Efstration", "Debbie Buckner", "Leesa Hagan", "Robert Dickey"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 22
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2025-01-16"
+last_action: "2025-05-14"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5f198f61-7750-4c70-92b6-56d274b94638"
+source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
+source_hash: "b14fe65ebdb264fb9a993ca4944e863611998904c3f136bc343af9d39a8efbe5"
+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 HR 32 (2025_26) — General Assembly; increase maximum acreage to qualify for assessment and taxation as a bona fide conservation use property - CA
+
+A RESOLUTION proposing an amendment to the Constitution so as to increase the maximum acreage to qualify for assessment and taxation as a bona fide conservation use property; to provide for related matters; to provide for the submission of this amendment for ratification or rejection; and for other purposes.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **HR 32/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/236234.pdf)
+2. **LC 44 2912/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/230100.pdf)
+3. **LC 44 3014S/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/234874.pdf)
+4. **LC 44 3014S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/232174.pdf)
+5. **Local Government Fiscal Note** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/235816.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Senate Vote #236 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **29–23** (pass) · upper
+- House Vote #134 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **168–5** (pass) · lower
+- Senate Vote #240 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **50–1** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Chuck Efstration — primary (person)
+- Debbie Buckner — primary (person)
+- Leesa Hagan — primary (person)
+- Robert Dickey — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-01-16** House Hopper `introduction`
+- **2025-01-17** House First Readers `reading-1`
+- **2025-01-27** House Second Readers `reading-2`
+- **2025-02-12** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-02-20** House Postponed
+- **2025-02-21** House Postponed
+- **2025-02-24** House Postponed
+- **2025-02-26** House Postponed
+- **2025-02-27** House Postponed
+- **2025-02-28** House Postponed
+- **2025-03-03** House Third Readers `reading-3`
+- **2025-03-03** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
+- **2025-03-04** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
+- **2025-03-11** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-03-13** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
+- **2025-03-18** Senate Engrossed `passage`
+- **2025-03-18** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
+- **2025-03-18** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
+- **2025-04-07** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2025-05-14** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2025-05-14** Act 363 `executive-signature`
+- **2025-05-14** Effective Date
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5f198f61-7750-4c70-92b6-56d274b94638`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
+