republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2013-14/hb-304.md

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type	title	description	jurisdiction	legislature	session	identifier	citation	classification	subjects	status	primary_sponsors	version_count	action_count	vote_count	first_action	last_action	source	source_identifier	source_url	source_hash	vintage	source_snapshot	retrieved_at	confidence	tags
Bill	Freeport exemption; applicability to fertilizer production processes; clarify	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 48-5-48.2 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to freeport exemption, so as to clarify the applicability of an exemption to fertilizer production processes; to provide for an effective date and applicability; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2013_14	HB 304	Georgia HB 304 (2013_14)	bill		enacted	Chad Nimmer Ellis Black Jason Shaw Sam Watson Terry England Tom McCall	2	16	1	2013-02-11	2014-01-01	openstates	ocd-bill/f6620c11-9e13-46f9-a75e-e04c13cd7910	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	0a5e8e3adad1df06e66953bef9444dd2bdbe150baacbe2b9508594482b7df270	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia HB 304 (2013_14) — Freeport exemption; applicability to fertilizer production processes; clarify

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 48-5-48.2 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to freeport exemption, so as to clarify the applicability of an exemption to fertilizer production processes; to provide for an effective date and applicability; 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 304/AP* (committee substitute) — source
2. LC 40 0256/a (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• PASSAGE — 165–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Chad Nimmer — primary (person)
• Ellis Black — primary (person)
• Jason Shaw — primary (person)
• Sam Watson — primary (person)
• Terry England — primary (person)
• Tom McCall — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2013-02-11 House Hopper
• 2013-02-12 House First Readers reading-1
• 2013-02-13 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2013-02-28 House Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2013-03-05 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2013-03-05 House Passed/Adopted passage
• 2013-03-07 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2013-03-20 Senate Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2013-03-21 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2013-03-25 Senate Engrossed passage
• 2013-03-25 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2013-03-25 Senate Passed/Adopted passage
• 2013-04-01 House Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2013-04-18 House Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2013-04-18 Act 23 executive-signature
• 2014-01-01 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/f6620c11-9e13-46f9-a75e-e04c13cd7910. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).