---
type: "Bill"
title: "Sales and use tax; change a certain definition"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 48-8-2 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to definitions relative to state sales and use taxes, so as to change a certain definition; 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 816"
citation: "Georgia HB 816 (2013_14)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Allen Peake", "Bruce Williamson", "Buzz Brockway", "Micah Gravley", "Terry England", "Virgil Fludd"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 18
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2014-01-22"
last_action: "2014-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e04679c9-9f09-4949-9901-256dd2f23a29"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "502b265efcc57e0961d694e91b5cbf0d0dbea90ef3c6b0ff50723ae2319769c9"
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 816 (2013_14) — Sales and use tax; change a certain definition

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 48-8-2 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to definitions relative to state sales and use taxes, so as to change a certain definition; 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 816/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/144982.pdf)
2. **LC 34 3981/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/137910.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **170–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Allen Peake — primary (person)
- Bruce Williamson — primary (person)
- Buzz Brockway — primary (person)
- Micah Gravley — primary (person)
- Terry England — primary (person)
- Virgil Fludd — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2014-01-22** House Hopper
- **2014-01-23** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2014-01-24** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2014-02-18** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2014-02-24** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2014-02-24** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2014-02-25** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2014-03-13** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2014-03-13** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2014-03-18** Senate Engrossed `passage`
- **2014-03-18** Senate Tabled
- **2014-03-20** Senate Taken from Table
- **2014-03-20** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2014-03-20** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2014-03-26** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2014-04-24** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2014-04-24** Act 620 `executive-signature`
- **2014-07-01** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e04679c9-9f09-4949-9901-256dd2f23a29`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).