---
type: "Bill"
title: "Freeport exemption; applicability to fertilizer production processes; clarify"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 48-5-48.2 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to freeport exemption, so as to clarify the applicability of an exemption to fertilizer production processes; to provide for an effective date and applicability; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2013_14"
identifier: "HB 304"
citation: "Georgia HB 304 (2013_14)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chad Nimmer", "Ellis Black", "Jason Shaw", "Sam Watson", "Terry England", "Tom McCall"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 16
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2013-02-11"
last_action: "2014-01-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f6620c11-9e13-46f9-a75e-e04c13cd7910"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "0a5e8e3adad1df06e66953bef9444dd2bdbe150baacbe2b9508594482b7df270"
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 304 (2013_14) — Freeport exemption; applicability to fertilizer production processes; clarify

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 48-5-48.2 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to freeport exemption, so as to clarify the applicability of an exemption to fertilizer production processes; to provide for an effective date and applicability; 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 304/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/136353.pdf)
2. **LC 40 0256/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/130514.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **165–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Chad Nimmer — primary (person)
- Ellis Black — primary (person)
- Jason Shaw — primary (person)
- Sam Watson — primary (person)
- Terry England — primary (person)
- Tom McCall — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2013-02-11** House Hopper
- **2013-02-12** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2013-02-13** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2013-02-28** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-03-05** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2013-03-05** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2013-03-07** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2013-03-20** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-03-21** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2013-03-25** Senate Engrossed `passage`
- **2013-03-25** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2013-03-25** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2013-04-01** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2013-04-18** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2013-04-18** Act 23 `executive-signature`
- **2014-01-01** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f6620c11-9e13-46f9-a75e-e04c13cd7910`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).