---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revenue and taxation; procedure for counties following a rejection of a tax digest; establish"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 2 of Article 5 of Chapter 5 of Title 48 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to county boards of tax assessors, so as to establish a procedure for counties following a rejection of a tax digest; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date and automatic repeal; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2017_18"
identifier: "HB 820"
citation: "Georgia HB 820 (2017_18)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Beth Beskin", "Betty Price", "Brad Raffensperger", "Charles Martin", "Jan Jones", "Wendell Willard"]
version_count: 0
action_count: 19
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2018-02-01"
last_action: "2018-05-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3eb7575c-6e90-49b8-9bd0-7fc156637fe1"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "1fb26da65646d6a7059625c7cb609826c763c10f08e08006544909146716aa45"
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 820 (2017_18) — Revenue and taxation; procedure for counties following a rejection of a tax digest; establish

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 2 of Article 5 of Chapter 5 of Title 48 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to county boards of tax assessors, so as to establish a procedure for counties following a rejection of a tax digest; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date and automatic repeal; 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 — **164–5** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Beth Beskin — primary (person)
- Betty Price — primary (person)
- Brad Raffensperger — primary (person)
- Charles Martin — primary (person)
- Jan Jones — primary (person)
- Wendell Willard — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-01** House Hopper
- **2018-02-05** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2018-02-06** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2018-02-15** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-20** House Withdrawn, Recommitted `withdrawal, referral-committee`
- **2018-02-22** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-28** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2018-02-28** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2018-03-01** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-14** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `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 By Substitute `passage`
- **2018-03-29** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
- **2018-04-05** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-05-03** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2018-05-03** Act 346 `executive-signature`
- **2018-05-03** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3eb7575c-6e90-49b8-9bd0-7fc156637fe1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).