---
type: "Bill"
title: "Ad valorem tax; bona fide conservation use property; remove a limitation on leased property as to certain entities"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 48-5-7.4 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to preferential assessment for bona fide conservation use property and bona fide residential transitional property, so as to remove a limitation on leased property as to certain entities; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date and applicability; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2025_26"
identifier: "HB 129"
citation: "Georgia HB 129 (2025_26)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["PROPERTY", "REVENUE AND TAXATION"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chas Cannon", "David Huddleston", "Jaclyn Ford", "James Burchett", "John Corbett", "Robert Dickey"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 19
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2025-01-27"
last_action: "2025-05-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5c6ab350-9545-4767-92ef-1d0c28ed9f50"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "2676f5ba7078df4bb9b293f0ae62eb0bad7e20eb2eaba88f0cff96f305670a4a"
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 129 (2025_26) — Ad valorem tax; bona fide conservation use property; remove a limitation on leased property as to certain entities

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 48-5-7.4 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to preferential assessment for bona fide conservation use property and bona fide residential transitional property, so as to remove a limitation on leased property as to certain entities; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date and applicability; 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. **HB 129/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/239068.pdf)
2. **LC 44 2876/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/230270.pdf)
3. **Sen Ctee sub LC 44 3199S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/238213.pdf)

## Votes

- House Vote #398 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **149–13** (pass) · lower
- House Vote #156 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **165–7** (pass) · lower
- Senate Vote #387 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **44–9** (pass) · upper
- Senate Vote #383 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **31–24** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Chas Cannon — primary (person)
- David Huddleston — primary (person)
- Jaclyn Ford — primary (person)
- James Burchett — primary (person)
- John Corbett — primary (person)
- Robert Dickey — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-27** House Hopper `introduction`
- **2025-01-28** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2025-01-29** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2025-02-26** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-04** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2025-03-04** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2025-03-06** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-25** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-27** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2025-03-28** Senate Recommitted `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-31** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-02** Senate Engrossed `passage`
- **2025-04-02** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2025-04-02** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2025-04-02** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
- **2025-04-10** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-14** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-14** Act 251 `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-14** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5c6ab350-9545-4767-92ef-1d0c28ed9f50`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).