republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2015-16/sb-379.md

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Bill	Sales and Use Tax; provide for exemption for fire districts which have elected governing bodies and supported by ad valorem taxes	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 provide an exemption for fire districts which have elected governing bodies and are supported by ad valorem taxes; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2015_16	SB 379	Georgia SB 379 (2015_16)	bill		enacted	Fran Millar Frank Ginn Freddie Powell Sims Jeff Mullis John Albers John Wilkinson Tyler Harper	6	17	1	2016-02-16	2016-07-01	openstates	ocd-bill/12d24e40-404d-4a14-a3a1-242a3cea8f2c	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	ce2b874cb3f52cd6cad7d079252fbe35d5ab519c6e876c0a8866a410746d850f	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia SB 379 (2015_16) — Sales and Use Tax; provide for exemption for fire districts which have elected governing bodies and supported by ad valorem taxes

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 provide an exemption for fire districts which have elected governing bodies and are supported by ad valorem taxes; 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 7950 (committee substitute) — source
2. As passed Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. Committee sub LC 25 6580S (committee substitute) — source
4. LC 43 0383ERS/hss (committee substitute) — source
5. LC 43 0397ERS/hsfs (committee substitute) — source
6. SB 379/AP* (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• MOTION TO ENGROSS — 40–12 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Fran Millar — primary (person)
• Frank Ginn — primary (person)
• Freddie Powell Sims — primary (person)
• Jeff Mullis — primary (person)
• John Albers — primary (person)
• John Wilkinson — primary (person)
• Tyler Harper — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2016-02-16 Senate Hopper
• 2016-02-17 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2016-02-23 Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2016-02-24 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2016-02-26 Senate Engrossed passage
• 2016-02-26 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2016-02-26 Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2016-02-29 House First Readers reading-1
• 2016-03-02 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2016-03-15 House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2016-03-24 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2016-03-24 House Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2016-03-24 Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
• 2016-03-31 Senate Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2016-05-03 Senate Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2016-05-03 Act 571 executive-signature
• 2016-07-01 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/12d24e40-404d-4a14-a3a1-242a3cea8f2c. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).