---
type: "Bill"
title: "Sales and use tax; exemption for projects of regional significance; change sunset provision"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 48-8-3 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to exemptions from state sales and use tax, so as to change the sunset provision for the exemption for projects of regional significance; 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 937"
citation: "Georgia HB 937 (2015_16)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brett Harrell", "Bruce Williamson", "David Knight", "Jay Powell", "John Carson", "Ron Stephens"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 20
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2016-02-08"
last_action: "2016-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9ebef1a9-96e6-4f9c-a371-4b80eebc3ee1"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "4dda7005998b0caf67107592e36300f5c33e5cc71a0270c69ad1fd25dbe45188"
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 937 (2015_16) — Sales and use tax; exemption for projects of regional significance; change sunset provision

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 48-8-3 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to exemptions from state sales and use tax, so as to change the sunset provision for the exemption for projects of regional significance; 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. **Floor Amendment AM 34 0745** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/162055.pdf)
2. **HB 937/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/162194.pdf)
3. **LC 34 4797ER/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/156755.pdf)
4. **Sen ctee sub LC 34 4945ERS** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/160775.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **161–6** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

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

## Timeline

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

- **2016-02-08** House Hopper
- **2016-02-09** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2016-02-10** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2016-02-17** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2016-02-29** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2016-02-29** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2016-03-02** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2016-03-16** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2016-03-16** 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 As Amended
- **2016-03-25** Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
- **2016-04-01** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2016-05-03** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2016-05-03** Act 596 `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/9ebef1a9-96e6-4f9c-a371-4b80eebc3ee1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).