---
type: "Bill"
title: "Local government; enterprise zones; revise class of retailer from which fees may be collected"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 88 of Title 36 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to enterprise zones, so as to revise the class of retailer from which fees may be collected; to revise the period of existence of enterprise zones; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2025_26"
identifier: "HB 416"
citation: "Georgia HB 416 (2025_26)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["LOCAL GOVERNMENT"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chuck Efstration", "Shaw Blackmon", "Trey Kelley"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 17
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-02-12"
last_action: "2025-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/56bab145-7390-41f7-88b8-88eeb846fddf"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "2a1b3e111e4a52e1b18556c294afb97792a296f7f8f3affada22345c41879e54"
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 416 (2025_26) — Local government; enterprise zones; revise class of retailer from which fees may be collected

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 88 of Title 36 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to enterprise zones, so as to revise the class of retailer from which fees may be collected; to revise the period of existence of enterprise zones; 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. **HB 416/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/238507.pdf)
2. **LC 44 3107S/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/234809.pdf)
3. **LC 44 3107S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/233875.pdf)
4. **LC 44 9002/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/232255.pdf)

## Votes

- House Vote #131 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **172–0** (pass) · lower
- Senate Vote #374 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **47–8** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Chuck Efstration — primary (person)
- Shaw Blackmon — primary (person)
- Trey Kelley — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-12** House Hopper `introduction`
- **2025-02-13** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2025-02-18** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2025-02-26** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-03** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2025-03-03** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2025-03-04** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-13** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-18** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2025-03-31** Senate Tabled
- **2025-03-31** Senate Taken from Table
- **2025-03-31** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2025-03-31** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2025-04-07** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-14** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-14** Act 266 `executive-signature`
- **2025-07-01** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/56bab145-7390-41f7-88b8-88eeb846fddf`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).