republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2025-26/sb-566.md

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Bill	Ad Valorem Taxation of Property; the acceptance of tax digests in the event of a publication error made by a newspaper; provide	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 5 of Title 48 of the O.C.G.A., relating to ad valorem taxation of property, so as to provide for the acceptance of tax digests in the event of a publication error made by a newspaper; to revise required information for bills and notices of assessment for ad valorem taxation of property; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2025_26	SB 566	Georgia SB 566 (2025_26)	bill	REVENUE AND TAXATION	enacted	Billy Hickman Chuck Hufstetler Jason Anavitarte John Albers Shawn Still	5	18	4	2026-02-24	2026-04-22	openstates	ocd-bill/75454534-9653-4952-a4b0-ef24f6f48f1e	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	5d03c4852f7de73cc43b047992cf1b1ade1f8c7b9e9ca32db9d5034db2905641	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia SB 566 (2025_26) — Ad Valorem Taxation of Property; the acceptance of tax digests in the event of a publication error made by a newspaper; provide

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 5 of Title 48 of the O.C.G.A., relating to ad valorem taxation of property, so as to provide for the acceptance of tax digests in the event of a publication error made by a newspaper; to revise required information for bills and notices of assessment for ad valorem taxation of property; 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 3486 (committee substitute) — source
2. As Passed Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. Committee Sub LC 44 3502S (committee substitute) — source
4. LC 44 3528S/hss (committee substitute) — source
5. SB 566/AP* (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Senate Vote #640 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 32–22 (pass) · upper
• Senate Vote #840 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 48–1 (pass) · upper
• House Vote #767 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 161–0 (pass) · lower
• Senate Vote #649 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 53–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Billy Hickman — primary (person)
• Chuck Hufstetler — primary (person)
• Jason Anavitarte — primary (person)
• John Albers — primary (person)
• Shawn Still — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2026-02-24 Senate Hopper introduction
• 2026-02-25 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2026-03-03 Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-03-04 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2026-03-06 Senate Engrossed passage
• 2026-03-06 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2026-03-06 Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2026-03-09 House First Readers reading-1
• 2026-03-10 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2026-03-18 House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-03-23 House Withdrawn, Recommitted referral-committee, withdrawal
• 2026-03-25 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2026-03-25 House Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2026-03-27 Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
• 2026-04-10 Senate Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2026-04-22 Senate Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2026-04-22 Act 378 executive-signature
• 2026-04-22 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/75454534-9653-4952-a4b0-ef24f6f48f1e. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).