---
type: "Bill"
title: "Real estate transfer tax; change certain provisions"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 6 of Title 48 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to taxation of intangibles, so as to change certain provisions regarding the real estate transfer tax; to provide an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2015_16"
identifier: "HB 364"
citation: "Georgia HB 364 (2015_16)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ben Harbin", "Brett Harrell", "Bruce Williamson", "David Knight", "Jay Powell", "Ron Stephens"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 21
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2015-02-17"
last_action: "2016-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/23ad9e1e-02c3-457f-9b83-af8eb706cb0e"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "9f90dee81cfb7459fcbb63acb63c326b3e4e17e87ec4e31a356ffe43299dd60c"
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 364 (2015_16) — Real estate transfer tax; change certain provisions

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 6 of Title 48 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to taxation of intangibles, so as to change certain provisions regarding the real estate transfer tax; to provide an effective date; 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 364/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/162297.pdf)
2. **LC 34 4413/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/148204.pdf)
3. **LC 34 4597S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/150456.pdf)
4. **LC 34 4882ERS/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/159134.pdf)
5. **LC 34 4882ERS/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/158728.pdf)
6. **Sen ctee sub LC 34 4939ERS** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/160468.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **167–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Ben Harbin — primary (person)
- Brett Harrell — primary (person)
- Bruce Williamson — primary (person)
- David Knight — primary (person)
- Jay Powell — primary (person)
- Ron Stephens — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2015-02-17** House Hopper
- **2015-02-18** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2015-02-19** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2015-03-09** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2015-04-02** House Withdrawn, Recommitted `referral-committee, withdrawal`
- **2016-02-24** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2016-02-29** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2016-02-29** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2016-03-02** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2016-03-15** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2016-03-15** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2016-03-22** Senate Engrossed `passage`
- **2016-03-22** Senate Tabled
- **2016-03-24** Senate Taken from Table
- **2016-03-24** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2016-03-24** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2016-03-24** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
- **2016-04-04** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2016-04-26** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2016-04-26** Act 393 `executive-signature`
- **2016-07-01** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/23ad9e1e-02c3-457f-9b83-af8eb706cb0e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).