---
type: "Bill"
title: "Ad valorem tax; properties eligible for a freeport exemption; add certain fulfillment centers"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 1 of Article 2 of Chapter 5 of Title 48 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to exemptions from ad valorem tax, so as to add certain fulfillment centers to properties eligible for a freeport exemption; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2015_16"
identifier: "HB 935"
citation: "Georgia HB 935 (2015_16)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brett Harrell", "Bruce Williamson", "David Knight", "Geoff Duncan", "Jay Powell", "Ron Stephens"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 18
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2016-02-08"
last_action: "2016-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cc6a338b-01fe-4e9f-9560-f69d7f4c7bae"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "85617725d63bdfd8388bfee9fc740c3a5199bbbb69c89b21e25da365571a1283"
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 935 (2015_16) — Ad valorem tax; properties eligible for a freeport exemption; add certain fulfillment centers

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 1 of Article 2 of Chapter 5 of Title 48 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to exemptions from ad valorem tax, so as to add certain fulfillment centers to properties eligible for a freeport exemption; 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 935/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/162457.pdf)
2. **LC 34 4795ER/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/156760.pdf)
3. **LC 43 0330ERS/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/159155.pdf)
4. **LC 43 0330ERS/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/158381.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **169–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Brett Harrell — primary (person)
- Bruce Williamson — primary (person)
- David Knight — primary (person)
- Geoff Duncan — primary (person)
- Jay Powell — primary (person)
- Ron Stephens — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2016-02-08** House Hopper
- **2016-02-09** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2016-02-10** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2016-02-23** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2016-02-29** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2016-02-29** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2016-03-02** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2016-03-16** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2016-03-16** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2016-03-22** Senate Engrossed `passage`
- **2016-03-22** Senate Tabled
- **2016-03-24** Senate Taken from Table
- **2016-03-24** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2016-03-24** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2016-03-30** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2016-05-03** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2016-05-03** Act 539 `executive-signature`
- **2016-07-01** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/cc6a338b-01fe-4e9f-9560-f69d7f4c7bae`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).