republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2023-24/sb-496.md

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Bill	Ad Valorem Taxation of Property; extension of preferential assessment periods for certain historic properties; provide	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 5 of Title 48 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions relative to ad valorem taxation of property, so as to provide for extension of preferential assessment periods for certain historic properties; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2023_24	SB 496	Georgia SB 496 (2023_24)	bill		enacted	Ben Watson Billy Hickman Carden Summers Chuck Hufstetler Chuck Payne Frank Ginn Harold Jones II Lee Anderson Marty Harbin Matt Brass Max Burns Rick Williams Russ Goodman Sam Watson Shelly Echols	4	18	3	2024-02-13	2024-07-01	openstates	ocd-bill/8866766b-4c2d-4adf-bac7-9a1cdabcb8de	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	1ec199f5cc90e699c9fa3bd96438d319cc14923fe304429c39fb3bff3e35b7bc	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia SB 496 (2023_24) — Ad Valorem Taxation of Property; extension of preferential assessment periods for certain historic properties; provide

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 5 of Title 48 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions relative to ad valorem taxation of property, so as to provide for extension of preferential assessment periods for certain historic properties; 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 44 2689 (committee substitute) — source
2. As passed Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. LC 50 0896S/hss (committee substitute) — source
4. SB 496/AP* (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Senate Vote #756 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — 46–2 (pass) · upper
• Senate Vote #605 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — 47–6 (pass) · upper
• House Vote #761 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — 145–3 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Ben Watson — primary (person)
• Billy Hickman — primary (person)
• Carden Summers — primary (person)
• Chuck Hufstetler — primary (person)
• Chuck Payne — primary (person)
• Frank Ginn — primary (person)
• Harold Jones II — primary (person)
• Lee Anderson — primary (person)
• Marty Harbin — primary (person)
• Matt Brass — primary (person)
• Max Burns — primary (person)
• Rick Williams — primary (person)
• Russ Goodman — primary (person)
• Sam Watson — primary (person)
• Shelly Echols — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-02-13 Senate Hopper introduction
• 2024-02-15 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2024-02-26 Senate Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-02-27 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2024-02-29 Senate Tabled
• 2024-02-29 Senate Taken from Table
• 2024-02-29 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2024-02-29 Senate Passed/Adopted passage
• 2024-03-04 House First Readers reading-1
• 2024-03-05 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2024-03-20 House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-03-21 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2024-03-21 House Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2024-03-21 Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
• 2024-04-02 Senate Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2024-04-18 Senate Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2024-04-18 Act 375 executive-signature
• 2024-07-01 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/8866766b-4c2d-4adf-bac7-9a1cdabcb8de. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).