---
type: "Bill"
title: "Ad valorem tax; property; change certain reporting requirements"
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 tax exemptions from property tax, so as to change certain reporting requirements; to provide for related matters; 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 888"
citation: "Georgia HB 888 (2017_18)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brett Harrell", "Chuck Efstration", "David Knight", "Terry Rogers", "Trey Rhodes"]
version_count: 0
action_count: 17
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2018-02-08"
last_action: "2018-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0dc02efe-41be-4bfe-9175-a1fed9e7bd76"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "4bd890286c34aa9a92d3ae209d2c3e74c8b268aa64f8daf5513d6f182cb74c49"
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 888 (2017_18) — Ad valorem tax; property; change certain reporting requirements

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 tax exemptions from property tax, so as to change certain reporting requirements; to provide for related matters; 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 — **164–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Brett Harrell — primary (person)
- Chuck Efstration — primary (person)
- David Knight — primary (person)
- Terry Rogers — primary (person)
- Trey Rhodes — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-08** House Hopper
- **2018-02-08** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2018-02-12** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2018-02-22** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-26** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2018-02-26** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2018-02-28** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-09** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-12** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2018-03-14** Senate Engrossed `passage`
- **2018-03-14** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2018-03-14** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2018-03-29** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
- **2018-04-06** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-05-08** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2018-05-08** Act 492 `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/0dc02efe-41be-4bfe-9175-a1fed9e7bd76`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).