republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2013-14/hb-983.md

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Bill	State sales and use tax; clarify eligible exemptions; provisions	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 8 of Title 48 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions relative to the state sales and use tax, so as to clarify eligible exemptions; to amend Code Section 2-1-5 of the Office Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to annual license fees for qualified agriculture producers, so as to correct a cross-reference; 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 983	Georgia HB 983 (2013_14)	bill		enacted	Jay Roberts Jon Burns Terry England Tom McCall	5	19	1	2014-02-10	2015-01-01	openstates	ocd-bill/cb0a02e4-4a13-4f49-a58c-aa3482636778	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	0e45c3ef6754960d934f9815e8c9505ea5aca3710622668afc7585ad35a25deb	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia HB 983 (2013_14) — State sales and use tax; clarify eligible exemptions; provisions

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 8 of Title 48 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions relative to the state sales and use tax, so as to clarify eligible exemptions; to amend Code Section 2-1-5 of the Office Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to annual license fees for qualified agriculture producers, so as to correct a cross-reference; 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 983/AP* (committee substitute) — source
2. LC 34 4197ERS/hcs (committee substitute) — source
3. LC 34 4197ERS/hs (committee substitute) — source
4. LC 40 0551ER/a (committee substitute) — source
5. Sen ctee sub LC 34 4245ERS (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• PASSAGE — 173–3 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Jay Roberts — primary (person)
• Jon Burns — primary (person)
• Terry England — primary (person)
• Tom McCall — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2014-02-10 House Hopper
• 2014-02-10 House First Readers reading-1
• 2014-02-11 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2014-02-26 House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2014-03-03 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2014-03-03 House Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2014-03-04 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2014-03-13 Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2014-03-13 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2014-03-18 Senate Engrossed passage
• 2014-03-18 Senate Tabled
• 2014-03-18 Senate Taken from Table
• 2014-03-18 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2014-03-18 Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2014-03-20 House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
• 2014-03-26 House Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2014-04-15 House Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2014-04-15 Act 533 executive-signature
• 2015-01-01 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/cb0a02e4-4a13-4f49-a58c-aa3482636778. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).