---
type: "Bill"
title: "Ad valorem tax; use of property for solar power generation; provide exception to a breach of covenants"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 5 of Title 48 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions regarding ad valorem taxation of property, so as to provide an exception to a breach of the covenants for use of the property for solar power generation; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2017_18"
identifier: "HB 238"
citation: "Georgia HB 238 (2017_18)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dominic LaRiccia", "James Epps", "Matt Hatchett", "Sam Watson", "Stacey Abrams", "Terry England"]
version_count: 0
action_count: 17
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2017-02-02"
last_action: "2017-04-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9f64bc6e-c247-43d4-867e-26f3ca743201"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "1224009729c98ac039f1cc4bd4522c898abc19b5b8123a25c4a634a78772fe1b"
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 238 (2017_18) — Ad valorem tax; use of property for solar power generation; provide exception to a breach of covenants

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 5 of Title 48 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions regarding ad valorem taxation of property, so as to provide an exception to a breach of the covenants for use of the property for solar power generation; 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.


## Votes

- PASSAGE — **170–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Dominic LaRiccia — primary (person)
- James Epps — primary (person)
- Matt Hatchett — primary (person)
- Sam Watson — primary (person)
- Stacey Abrams — primary (person)
- Terry England — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-02** House Hopper
- **2017-02-07** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2017-02-08** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2017-02-16** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-02-22** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2017-02-22** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2017-02-23** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-16** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-20** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2017-03-22** Senate Engrossed `passage`
- **2017-03-22** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2017-03-22** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2017-03-24** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
- **2017-04-03** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-04-17** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2017-04-17** Act 16 `executive-signature`
- **2017-04-17** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9f64bc6e-c247-43d4-867e-26f3ca743201`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).