---
type: "Bill"
title: "Ad Valorem Taxation; local governments to accept prepayments of ad valorem taxes; allow"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 5 of Title 48 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to ad valorem taxation of property, so as to allow local governments to accept prepayments of ad valorem taxes; to provide for conditions, limitations, and procedures; to provide for an effective date; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2019_20"
identifier: "SB 216"
citation: "Georgia SB 216 (2019_20)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jeff Mullis"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 17
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2019-02-27"
last_action: "2019-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/164844da-ec2d-43e4-b072-4c754bb260ae"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "21d7f9b08ded03d01def8e5d93b59f5587d6f1a45df12b16baa60f5350d532de"
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 SB 216 (2019_20) — Ad Valorem Taxation; local governments to accept prepayments of ad valorem taxes; allow

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 5 of Title 48 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to ad valorem taxation of property, so as to allow local governments to accept prepayments of ad valorem taxes; to provide for conditions, limitations, and procedures; to provide for an effective date; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

## Version chain

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

1. **As introduced LC 34 5496** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/183150.pdf)
2. **As passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/183961.pdf)
3. **LC 34 5569S/hss** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/185507.pdf)
4. **SB216/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/186925.pdf)

## Votes

- MOTION TO ENGROSS SB 213, SB 216, SB 138 — **35–19** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Jeff Mullis — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-27** Senate Hopper
- **2019-02-28** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-01** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-04** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2019-03-07** Senate Engrossed `passage`
- **2019-03-07** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2019-03-07** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2019-03-08** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2019-03-11** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2019-03-21** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-25** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2019-03-25** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2019-03-29** Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
- **2019-04-09** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-04-26** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-04-26** Act 58 `executive-signature`
- **2019-07-01** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/164844da-ec2d-43e4-b072-4c754bb260ae`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).