---
type: "Bill"
title: "Ad valorem tax; definitions related to exemption of certain agricultural equipment; revise"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 1 of Article 2 of Chapter 5 of Title 48 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to ad valorem property tax exemptions, so as to revise definitions related to the exemption of certain agricultural equipment; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2017_18"
identifier: "HB 290"
citation: "Georgia HB 290 (2017_18)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jay Powell", "John Corbett", "Robert Dickey", "Sam Watson", "Tom McCall"]
version_count: 0
action_count: 16
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2017-02-08"
last_action: "2017-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1ec5ab36-be7a-4da5-b3ad-e3430d1e596a"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "6fc0175bdc53441bd72ceb5b37a30a08648b67dcf65e159db67292f3e6733bb5"
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 290 (2017_18) — Ad valorem tax; definitions related to exemption of certain agricultural equipment; revise

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 1 of Article 2 of Chapter 5 of Title 48 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to ad valorem property tax exemptions, so as to revise definitions related to the exemption of certain agricultural equipment; 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.


## Votes

- PASSAGE — **163–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Jay Powell — primary (person)
- John Corbett — primary (person)
- Robert Dickey — primary (person)
- Sam Watson — primary (person)
- Tom McCall — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-08** House Hopper
- **2017-02-09** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2017-02-10** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2017-02-16** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-02-22** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2017-02-22** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2017-02-23** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-03** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-06** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2017-03-24** Senate Engrossed `passage`
- **2017-03-24** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2017-03-24** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2017-04-03** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-05-08** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2017-05-08** Act 192 `executive-signature`
- **2017-07-01** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1ec5ab36-be7a-4da5-b3ad-e3430d1e596a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).