republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2015-16/sb-258.md

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Bill	Ad Valorem Tax; provide the assessed value of property shall not be increased beyond the initial assessment value	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 48-5-311 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to creation of county boards of equalization, duties, review of assessments, and appeals, so as to provide that the assessed value of property for a taxable year shall not be increased beyond the initial assessment value established by the board of tax assessors during an appeal of such valuation for such taxable year by the taxpayer but may be reduced as a result of the appeal of the taxpayer; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2015_16	SB 258	Georgia SB 258 (2015_16)	bill		enacted	Fran Millar John Albers	6	21	1	2016-01-11	2016-04-26	openstates	ocd-bill/86979ad8-f722-45fc-93b3-d0d0c2a113f2	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	e9212f713ba0f2ad18db6105220b63a67050a27aaaa84cc45e97e73905e29c80	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia SB 258 (2015_16) — Ad Valorem Tax; provide the assessed value of property shall not be increased beyond the initial assessment value

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 48-5-311 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to creation of county boards of equalization, duties, review of assessments, and appeals, so as to provide that the assessed value of property for a taxable year shall not be increased beyond the initial assessment value established by the board of tax assessors during an appeal of such valuation for such taxable year by the taxpayer but may be reduced as a result of the appeal of the taxpayer; 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. As introduced LC 28 7727 (committee substitute) — source
2. As passed Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. CCR to SB 258 LC 34 4960ERS (committee substitute) — source
4. Committee sub LC 28 7896ERS (committee substitute) — source
5. LC 43 0386ERS/hss (committee substitute) — source
6. SB 258/AP* (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• PASSAGE BY SUBSTITUTE — 51–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Fran Millar — primary (person)
• John Albers — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2016-01-11 Senate Hopper
• 2016-01-12 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2016-02-18 Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2016-02-19 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2016-02-25 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2016-02-25 Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2016-02-26 House First Readers reading-1
• 2016-02-29 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2016-03-15 House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2016-03-22 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2016-03-22 House Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2016-03-24 Senate Disagreed House Amend or Sub
• 2016-03-24 House Insisted
• 2016-03-24 Senate Conference Committee Appointed 46th, 4th, 11th
• 2016-03-24 House Conference Committee Appointed 26th, 171st, 116th
• 2016-03-24 House Conference Committee Report Adopted
• 2016-03-25 Senate Conference Committee Report Adopted
• 2016-03-31 Senate Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2016-04-26 Senate Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2016-04-26 Act 345 executive-signature
• 2016-04-26 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/86979ad8-f722-45fc-93b3-d0d0c2a113f2. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).