---
type: "Bill"
title: "Sales and use tax; certain aquarium construction; provide exemption"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 8 of Title 48 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions regarding state sales and use tax, so as to provide for an exemption for certain aquarium construction; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2017_18"
identifier: "HB 793"
citation: "Georgia HB 793 (2017_18)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Clay Pirkle", "Dominic LaRiccia", "Jodi Lott", "Matt Dubnik", "Meagan Hanson"]
version_count: 0
action_count: 22
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2018-01-31"
last_action: "2018-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c8605ec1-eb7a-4e40-a39a-5347808b9d93"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "bde291b8ac99f1d316edb8a467462d81403cb74f212c180e1a5069a00f287d15"
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 793 (2017_18) — Sales and use tax; certain aquarium construction; provide exemption

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 8 of Title 48 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions regarding state sales and use tax, so as to provide for an exemption for certain aquarium construction; to provide for 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.


## Votes

- PASSAGE — **73–94** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Clay Pirkle — primary (person)
- Dominic LaRiccia — primary (person)
- Jodi Lott — primary (person)
- Matt Dubnik — primary (person)
- Meagan Hanson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-31** House Hopper
- **2018-02-01** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2018-02-05** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2018-02-08** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-13** House Withdrawn, Recommitted `withdrawal, referral-committee`
- **2018-02-15** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-23** House Postponed
- **2018-02-26** House Postponed
- **2018-02-28** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2018-02-28** House Third Reading Lost `reading-3, failure`
- **2018-02-28** House Reconsidered
- **2018-02-28** House Passed/Adopted Reconsidered Bill/Resolution By Substitute
- **2018-03-01** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-14** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-15** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2018-03-19** Senate Engrossed `passage`
- **2018-03-19** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2018-03-19** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2018-04-03** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-05-08** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2018-05-08** Act 550 `executive-signature`
- **2018-05-08** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c8605ec1-eb7a-4e40-a39a-5347808b9d93`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).