---
type: "Bill"
title: "Ad valorem tax; property; change certain definitions"
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 change certain definitions regarding such taxation; to provide an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2015_16"
identifier: "HB 991"
citation: "Georgia HB 991 (2015_16)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bill Hitchens", "Bruce Williamson", "Jay Powell"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 16
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2016-02-11"
last_action: "2016-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4d0e873b-f741-41c7-9315-8c0239809089"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "95e96f070b65fb66e40e3ff4a85da4d8084d9e3948c7becfa6acafcea658d80f"
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 991 (2015_16) — Ad valorem tax; property; change certain definitions

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 change certain definitions regarding such taxation; to provide an effective date; 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 991/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/161097.pdf)
2. **LC 34 4817/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/157249.pdf)
3. **LC 34 4888S/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/159077.pdf)
4. **LC 34 4888S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/158561.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **149–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bill Hitchens — primary (person)
- Bruce Williamson — primary (person)
- Jay Powell — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2016-02-11** House Hopper
- **2016-02-16** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2016-02-17** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2016-02-23** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2016-02-26** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2016-02-26** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2016-02-29** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2016-03-14** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2016-03-14** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2016-03-16** Senate Engrossed `passage`
- **2016-03-16** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2016-03-16** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2016-03-28** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2016-04-28** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2016-04-28** Act 494 `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/4d0e873b-f741-41c7-9315-8c0239809089`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).