---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revenue and taxation; intangible recording tax; revise notes"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 3 of Chapter 6 of Title 48 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to intangible recording tax, so as to revise the notes for which such tax is imposed; to provide for procedures; to revise definitions; 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 586"
citation: "Georgia HB 586 (2025_26)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["REVENUE AND TAXATION"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bruce Williamson", "Chuck Efstration", "James Burchett", "Matt Hatchett", "Noel Williams, Jr.", "Shaw Blackmon"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 17
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2025-02-21"
last_action: "2025-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0cd5b66c-4574-4257-86ab-6d4ee7ac1128"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "44b142aee8c7623926d71a78e636d9cab11cd88c4ffadb932fe373a7c8078a6c"
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 586 (2025_26) — Revenue and taxation; intangible recording tax; revise notes

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 3 of Chapter 6 of Title 48 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to intangible recording tax, so as to revise the notes for which such tax is imposed; to provide for procedures; to revise definitions; 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 586/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/239315.pdf)
2. **LC 50 1153/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/233502.pdf)
3. **Sen Ctee sub LC 50 1230S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/236009.pdf)

## Votes

- House Vote #256 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **170–1** (pass) · lower
- House Vote #405 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **161–0** (pass) · lower
- Senate Vote #383 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **31–24** (pass) · upper
- Senate Vote #404 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **55–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bruce Williamson — primary (person)
- Chuck Efstration — primary (person)
- James Burchett — primary (person)
- Matt Hatchett — primary (person)
- Noel Williams, Jr. — primary (person)
- Shaw Blackmon — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-21** House Hopper `introduction`
- **2025-02-24** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2025-02-26** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2025-03-06** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-06** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2025-03-06** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2025-03-10** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-13** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-18** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2025-04-02** Senate Engrossed `passage`
- **2025-04-02** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2025-04-02** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2025-04-04** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
- **2025-04-09** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-09** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-09** Act 77 `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/0cd5b66c-4574-4257-86ab-6d4ee7ac1128`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).