---
type: "Bill"
title: "Forest land fair market value; prescribed methodology; remove - CA"
description: "A RESOLUTION proposing an amendment to the Constitution so as to remove the prescribed methodology for establishing forest land fair market value; to permit the withholding of a portion of assistance grants to provide for the costs of establishing forest land fair market value; to provide for related matters; to provide for the submission of this amendment for ratification or rejection; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2017_18"
identifier: "HR 51"
citation: "Georgia HR 51 (2017_18)"
classification: ["resolution"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chuck Williams", "Gerald Greene", "Jay Powell", "Terry England", "Tom McCall"]
version_count: 0
action_count: 18
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2017-01-23"
last_action: "2018-05-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c99f726d-6c1a-4cf1-a079-e3232584349b"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "19225108ba30c288332b3c5e53656973dacd20d89a92953a6d878c970b5fb2e8"
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 HR 51 (2017_18) — Forest land fair market value; prescribed methodology; remove - CA

A RESOLUTION proposing an amendment to the Constitution so as to remove the prescribed methodology for establishing forest land fair market value; to permit the withholding of a portion of assistance grants to provide for the costs of establishing forest land fair market value; to provide for related matters; to provide for the submission of this amendment for ratification or rejection; and for other purposes.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.


## Votes

- ADOPT — **162–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Chuck Williams — primary (person)
- Gerald Greene — primary (person)
- Jay Powell — primary (person)
- Terry England — primary (person)
- Tom McCall — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-23** House Hopper
- **2017-01-24** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2017-01-25** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2017-02-24** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-01** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2017-03-01** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2017-03-03** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-22** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-23** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2018-03-21** Senate Recommitted `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-21** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-23** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2018-03-23** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2018-03-29** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
- **2018-04-05** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-05-02** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2018-05-02** Act 297 `executive-signature`
- **2018-05-02** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c99f726d-6c1a-4cf1-a079-e3232584349b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).