---
type: "Bill"
title: "Sales and Use Tax; net proceeds; educational purposes; county school system; independent school systems; provide for distribution-CA"
description: "A RESOLUTION proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the State of Georgia so as to provide for distribution of the net proceeds of a sales and use tax for educational purposes between a county school system and one or more independent school systems located in such county; 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: "SR 95"
citation: "Georgia SR 95 (2017_18)"
classification: ["resolution"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dean Burke", "Ellis Black", "Frank Ginn", "Freddie Sims", "Lindsey Tippins"]
version_count: 0
action_count: 21
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2017-01-26"
last_action: "2017-05-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ca00a217-e569-400a-9780-7661b45f4219"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "6074684b1ad8730d3b23acd853de316f26b6a25f1783c1ee722c8504a911f67e"
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 SR 95 (2017_18) — Sales and Use Tax; net proceeds; educational purposes; county school system; independent school systems; provide for distribution-CA

A RESOLUTION proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the State of Georgia so as to provide for distribution of the net proceeds of a sales and use tax for educational purposes between a county school system and one or more independent school systems located in such county; 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

- ADOPTION OF AMENDMENT #1 BY SENATOR FROM THE 31ST TO COMMITTEE SUB — **6–46** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Dean Burke — primary (person)
- Ellis Black — primary (person)
- Frank Ginn — primary (person)
- Freddie Sims — primary (person)
- Lindsey Tippins — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-26** Senate Hopper
- **2017-01-30** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-01** Senate Withdrawn & Recommitted `withdrawal, referral-committee`
- **2017-02-09** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-02-10** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2017-02-14** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2017-02-14** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2017-02-15** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2017-02-16** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2017-02-16** House Withdrawn, Recommitted `withdrawal, referral-committee`
- **2017-03-03** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-14** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2017-03-14** House Third Reading Lost `reading-3, failure`
- **2017-03-14** House Notice to Reconsider
- **2017-03-15** House Reconsidered
- **2017-03-15** House Withdrawn, Recommitted `withdrawal, referral-committee`
- **2017-03-22** House Passed/Adopted Reconsidered Bill/Resolution As Amended
- **2017-03-30** Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
- **2017-04-10** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-05-09** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2017-05-09** Act 278 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ca00a217-e569-400a-9780-7661b45f4219`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).