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type: "Bill"
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title: "Equalized Homestead Option Sales Tax Act of 2015; enact"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 8 of Title 48 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to sales and use taxes, so as to provide for an additional exemption to the ceiling on local sales and use taxes which may be levied by a political subdivision; to provide for a revised distribution of the proceeds from the levy of an equalized homestead option sales and use tax; to provide for the levy of a special purpose local options sales and use tax in certain counties; to provide for procedures, conditions, and limitations; to provide for a short title; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
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legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
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session: "2015_16"
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identifier: "HB 215"
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citation: "Georgia HB 215 (2015_16)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Dar'shun Kendrick", "Howard Mosby", "Karla Drenner", "Mike Jacobs", "Rahn Mayo", "Tom Taylor"]
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version_count: 6
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action_count: 17
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2015-02-03"
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last_action: "2015-05-04"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cd13cb63-919f-4801-bbe7-4a30364ca446"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "b0fd4042fb4b95f1af1a110b7fb638d4505b9cbd8d469ddb3e670a75b8d0e293"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ga"]
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---
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# Georgia HB 215 (2015_16) — Equalized Homestead Option Sales Tax Act of 2015; enact
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 8 of Title 48 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to sales and use taxes, so as to provide for an additional exemption to the ceiling on local sales and use taxes which may be levied by a political subdivision; to provide for a revised distribution of the proceeds from the levy of an equalized homestead option sales and use tax; to provide for the levy of a special purpose local options sales and use tax in certain counties; to provide for procedures, conditions, and limitations; to provide for a short title; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Floor Amendment AM 34 0692** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/150599.pdf)
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2. **HB 215/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/153575.pdf)
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3. **HB 215/CSFA** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/150610.pdf)
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4. **LC 34 4456/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/146797.pdf)
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5. **LC 34 4500S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/148165.pdf)
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6. **Sen ctee sub HB 215** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/151905.pdf)
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## Votes
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- PASSAGE — **128–35** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Dar'shun Kendrick — primary (person)
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- Howard Mosby — primary (person)
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- Karla Drenner — primary (person)
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- Mike Jacobs — primary (person)
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- Rahn Mayo — primary (person)
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- Tom Taylor — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2015-02-03** House Hopper
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- **2015-02-04** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2015-02-09** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2015-02-17** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2015-03-09** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2015-03-09** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2015-03-11** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2015-03-23** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2015-03-24** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2015-03-25** Senate Engrossed `passage`
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- **2015-03-25** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2015-03-25** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2015-03-31** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
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- **2015-04-07** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2015-05-04** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2015-05-04** Act 45 `executive-signature`
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- **2015-05-04** Effective Date
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/cd13cb63-919f-4801-bbe7-4a30364ca446`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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