---
type: "Bill"
title: "Motor fuel tax; define liquefied natural gas"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 9 of Title 48 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the motor fuel tax, so as to define liquefied natural gas for motor fuel tax purposes; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2013_14"
identifier: "HB 371"
citation: "Georgia HB 371 (2013_14)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Allen Peake", "Ben Harbin", "Brett Harrell", "Bruce Williamson", "Don Parsons"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 17
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2013-02-14"
last_action: "2013-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/439b93d3-a34e-47a3-92a7-46bccd90f9c0"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "f1c4edf1058ec101105122f3ac52465c15ac188ec6e019be34f13c3e8291a784"
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 371 (2013_14) — Motor fuel tax; define liquefied natural gas

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 9 of Title 48 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the motor fuel tax, so as to define liquefied natural gas for motor fuel tax purposes; 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 371/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/135115.pdf)
2. **LC 34 3724/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/131064.pdf)
3. **LC 34 3792S/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/133654.pdf)
4. **LC 34 3792S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/132940.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **168–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Allen Peake — primary (person)
- Ben Harbin — primary (person)
- Brett Harrell — primary (person)
- Bruce Williamson — primary (person)
- Don Parsons — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2013-02-14** House Hopper
- **2013-02-19** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2013-02-20** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2013-02-28** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-03-05** House Postponed
- **2013-03-07** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2013-03-07** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2013-03-11** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2013-03-13** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-03-14** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2013-03-20** Senate Engrossed `passage`
- **2013-03-20** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2013-03-20** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2013-04-01** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2013-05-07** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2013-05-07** Act 275 `executive-signature`
- **2013-07-01** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/439b93d3-a34e-47a3-92a7-46bccd90f9c0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).