republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2015-16/hb-937.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; exemption for projects of regional significance; change sunset provision	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 state sales and use tax, so as to change the sunset provision for the exemption for projects of regional significance; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2015_16	HB 937	Georgia HB 937 (2015_16)	bill		enacted	Brett Harrell Bruce Williamson David Knight Jay Powell John Carson Ron Stephens	4	20	1	2016-02-08	2016-07-01	openstates	ocd-bill/9ebef1a9-96e6-4f9c-a371-4b80eebc3ee1	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	4dda7005998b0caf67107592e36300f5c33e5cc71a0270c69ad1fd25dbe45188	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia HB 937 (2015_16) — Sales and use tax; exemption for projects of regional significance; change sunset provision

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 state sales and use tax, so as to change the sunset provision for the exemption for projects of regional significance; 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.

1. Floor Amendment AM 34 0745 (committee substitute) — source
2. HB 937/AP* (committee substitute) — source
3. LC 34 4797ER/a (committee substitute) — source
4. Sen ctee sub LC 34 4945ERS (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• PASSAGE — 161–6 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Brett Harrell — primary (person)
• Bruce Williamson — primary (person)
• David Knight — primary (person)
• Jay Powell — primary (person)
• John Carson — primary (person)
• Ron Stephens — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2016-02-08 House Hopper
• 2016-02-09 House First Readers reading-1
• 2016-02-10 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2016-02-17 House Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2016-02-29 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2016-02-29 House Passed/Adopted passage
• 2016-03-02 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2016-03-16 Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2016-03-16 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2016-03-22 Senate Engrossed passage
• 2016-03-22 Senate Tabled
• 2016-03-24 Senate Taken from Table
• 2016-03-24 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2016-03-24 Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2016-03-24 House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub As Amended
• 2016-03-25 Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
• 2016-04-01 House Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2016-05-03 House Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2016-05-03 Act 596 executive-signature
• 2016-07-01 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/9ebef1a9-96e6-4f9c-a371-4b80eebc3ee1. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).