republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2017-18/sb-371.md

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Bill	Taxes; furnishing of sales and use tax information to municipalities and counties; change provisions	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 48-2-15 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to confidential information secured in the administration of taxes, so as to change the provisions regarding the furnishing of sales and use tax information to municipalities and counties; to provide for additional procedures, conditions, and limitations; to provide for confidentiality; to provide for a criminal penalty; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2017_18	SB 371	Georgia SB 371 (2017_18)	bill		enacted	Ben Watson Bill Cowsert Bruce Thompson Burt Jones Butch Miller Chuck Payne Chuck Hufstetler David Shafer Ed Harbison Elena Parent Ellis Black Fran Millar Frank Ginn Freddie Sims Greg Kirk Harold Jones II Jack Hill Jeff Mullis Jennifer Jordan Jesse Stone John Albers John Wilkinson Joshua McKoon Lee Anderson Michael 'Doc' Rhett Mike Dugan Steve Henson Tonya Anderson Tyler Harper William Ligon, Jr.	0	16	1	2018-01-30	2018-07-01	openstates	ocd-bill/30a514ec-8a2c-4755-90af-8f06a3b307e6	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	4c9d040e46cab1baa78ee881a9504d540c1121affa81f5a74e35cec95d94d8f7	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia SB 371 (2017_18) — Taxes; furnishing of sales and use tax information to municipalities and counties; change provisions

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 48-2-15 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to confidential information secured in the administration of taxes, so as to change the provisions regarding the furnishing of sales and use tax information to municipalities and counties; to provide for additional procedures, conditions, and limitations; to provide for confidentiality; to provide for a criminal penalty; 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.

Votes

• PASSAGE — 55–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Ben Watson — primary (person)
• Bill Cowsert — primary (person)
• Bruce Thompson — primary (person)
• Burt Jones — primary (person)
• Butch Miller — primary (person)
• Chuck Payne — primary (person)
• Chuck Hufstetler — primary (person)
• David Shafer — primary (person)
• Ed Harbison — primary (person)
• Elena Parent — primary (person)
• Ellis Black — primary (person)
• Fran Millar — primary (person)
• Frank Ginn — primary (person)
• Freddie Sims — primary (person)
• Greg Kirk — primary (person)
• Harold Jones II — primary (person)
• Jack Hill — primary (person)
• Jeff Mullis — primary (person)
• Jennifer Jordan — primary (person)
• Jesse Stone — primary (person)
• John Albers — primary (person)
• John Wilkinson — primary (person)
• Joshua McKoon — primary (person)
• Lee Anderson — primary (person)
• Michael 'Doc' Rhett — primary (person)
• Mike Dugan — primary (person)
• Steve Henson — primary (person)
• Tonya Anderson — primary (person)
• Tyler Harper — primary (person)
• William Ligon, Jr. — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2018-01-30 Senate Hopper
• 2018-01-31 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2018-02-08 Senate Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2018-02-12 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2018-02-20 Senate Engrossed passage
• 2018-02-20 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2018-02-20 Senate Passed/Adopted passage
• 2018-02-21 House First Readers reading-1
• 2018-02-22 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2018-03-01 House Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2018-03-12 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2018-03-12 House Passed/Adopted passage
• 2018-04-05 Senate Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2018-05-07 Senate Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2018-05-07 Act 441 executive-signature
• 2018-07-01 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/30a514ec-8a2c-4755-90af-8f06a3b307e6. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).