republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2015-16/hb-428.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	Sales and use tax; materials to be used in certain construction projects of zoological institutions; extend exemption	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 48-8-3 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to exemptions from sales and use taxes, so as to extend a sales tax exemption for materials to be used in certain construction projects of zoological institutions; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2015_16	HB 428	Georgia HB 428 (2015_16)	bill		enacted	Ron Stephens	6	18	1	2015-02-20	2015-07-01	openstates	ocd-bill/2419d2fe-6b50-49da-97b9-9bda7fe57c14	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	38b89c2546b158900570182ec96d153c2735bf45981260641815b180884aca6a	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia HB 428 (2015_16) — Sales and use tax; materials to be used in certain construction projects of zoological institutions; extend exemption

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 48-8-3 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to exemptions from sales and use taxes, so as to extend a sales tax exemption for materials to be used in certain construction projects of zoological institutions; to provide for 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. Floor Amendment - AM 40 0148 (committee substitute) — source
2. HB 428/AP* (committee substitute) — source
3. LC 34 4599S/hcs (committee substitute) — source
4. LC 34 4599S/hs (committee substitute) — source
5. LC 40 0827/a (committee substitute) — source
6. Sen ctee sub LC 34 4686S (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• PASSAGE — 147–22 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Ron Stephens — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2015-02-20 House Hopper
• 2015-02-23 House First Readers reading-1
• 2015-02-24 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2015-03-09 House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2015-03-11 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2015-03-11 House Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2015-03-13 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2015-03-27 Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2015-03-27 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2015-03-31 Senate Engrossed passage
• 2015-03-31 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2015-03-31 Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2015-04-02 House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub As Amended
• 2015-04-02 Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
• 2015-04-14 House Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2015-05-05 House Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2015-05-05 Act 51 executive-signature
• 2015-07-01 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/2419d2fe-6b50-49da-97b9-9bda7fe57c14. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).