---
type: "Bill"
title: "Taxes; amount payable at redemption of property; change provisions"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 3 of Chapter 4 of Title 48 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to redemption of property sold for taxes, so as to change provisions relating to the amount payable at redemption; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2015_16"
identifier: "HB 51"
citation: "Georgia HB 51 (2015_16)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bill Werkheiser", "Ron Stephens", "Tommy Benton"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 18
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2015-01-13"
last_action: "2016-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f360f898-5db5-4d2a-bd5b-331e806adb75"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "f2d5c1a2d9a0be8fa84dd2635afb879eb2913297dc0fc4d1279eee82af166753"
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 51 (2015_16) — Taxes; amount payable at redemption of property; change provisions

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 3 of Chapter 4 of Title 48 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to redemption of property sold for taxes, so as to change provisions relating to the amount payable at redemption; 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 51/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/162315.pdf)
2. **LC 29 6402S/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/149612.pdf)
3. **LC 29 6402S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/148667.pdf)
4. **LC 34 4295/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/145361.pdf)
5. **Sen Floor AM 1 AM 43 0042** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/161705.pdf)
6. **Sen ctee sub LC 41 0654S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/155745.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **152–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bill Werkheiser — primary (person)
- Ron Stephens — primary (person)
- Tommy Benton — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2015-01-13** House Hopper
- **2015-01-14** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2015-01-15** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2015-02-19** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2015-03-02** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2015-03-02** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2015-03-03** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2016-01-27** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2016-01-28** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **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`
- **2016-05-03** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2016-05-03** Act 600 `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/f360f898-5db5-4d2a-bd5b-331e806adb75`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).