republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2015-16/hb-960.md

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Bill	Tax and revenue; confidentiality of certain tax information; provisions	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 2 of Title 48 of the O.C.G.A., relating to state administration and collection of revenue, so as to provide for confidentiality of certain tax information; to provide for an interest rate on delinquent payments that adjusts to reflect changes in the prime rate; to adjust the penalties for nonpayment of ad valorem taxes to offset the reduction in interest rate; to make distribution of penalties equitable between taxing jurisdictions; to provide for additional procedures, conditions, and limitations; to provide for notice to political subdivisions upon the filing of certain tax refund requests; to provide for confidentiality of taxpayer information; to provide for automatic transfer to the Georgia Tax Tribunal in certain cases; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2015_16	HB 960	Georgia HB 960 (2015_16)	bill		enacted	Barbara Sims Brett Harrell Jay Powell Katie Dempsey Penny Houston Trey Kelley	6	20	1	2016-02-09	2016-07-01	openstates	ocd-bill/e4e91844-b76f-487e-ae09-eaf1e50f57e0	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	15c3be0e980a09be72884591eea89697f84282dbcc4639ef200ebfdd95f61c67	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia HB 960 (2015_16) — Tax and revenue; confidentiality of certain tax information; provisions

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 2 of Title 48 of the O.C.G.A., relating to state administration and collection of revenue, so as to provide for confidentiality of certain tax information; to provide for an interest rate on delinquent payments that adjusts to reflect changes in the prime rate; to adjust the penalties for nonpayment of ad valorem taxes to offset the reduction in interest rate; to make distribution of penalties equitable between taxing jurisdictions; to provide for additional procedures, conditions, and limitations; to provide for notice to political subdivisions upon the filing of certain tax refund requests; to provide for confidentiality of taxpayer information; to provide for automatic transfer to the Georgia Tax Tribunal in certain cases; 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 37 0742 (committee substitute) — source
2. HB 960/AP* (committee substitute) — source
3. LC 34 4828ER/a (committee substitute) — source
4. LC 34 4901ERS/hcs (committee substitute) — source
5. LC 34 4901ERS/hs (committee substitute) — source
6. Sen ctee sub LC 43 0379ERS (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• PASSAGE — 164–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Barbara Sims — primary (person)
• Brett Harrell — primary (person)
• Jay Powell — primary (person)
• Katie Dempsey — primary (person)
• Penny Houston — primary (person)
• Trey Kelley — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2016-02-09 House Hopper
• 2016-02-10 House First Readers reading-1
• 2016-02-11 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2016-02-24 House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2016-02-29 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2016-02-29 House Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2016-03-02 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2016-03-15 Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2016-03-15 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
• 2016-03-24 Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
• 2016-04-05 House Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2016-04-27 House Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2016-04-27 Act 488 executive-signature
• 2016-07-01 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/e4e91844-b76f-487e-ae09-eaf1e50f57e0. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).