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type: "Bill"
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title: "Sales and use tax; value all flooring samples at the same rate for purposes of fair market value"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 2 of Article 1 of Chapter 8 of Title 48 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to imposition, rate, collection, and assessment of state sales and use taxes, so as to value all flooring samples at the same rate for purposes of fair market value; 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 277"
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citation: "Georgia HB 277 (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: ["Bruce Broadrick", "John Meadows", "Paul Battles", "Tom Dickson"]
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version_count: 2
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action_count: 16
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2015-02-09"
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last_action: "2015-07-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f55701fb-1c55-4502-9696-e6aab8f3155f"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "fa4a447940270ea3c527d1f868f0192a8ab3cce98ef45f8c4a9623d5fd9fac33"
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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 277 (2015_16) — Sales and use tax; value all flooring samples at the same rate for purposes of fair market value
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 2 of Article 1 of Chapter 8 of Title 48 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to imposition, rate, collection, and assessment of state sales and use taxes, so as to value all flooring samples at the same rate for purposes of fair market value; 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. **HB 277/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/153408.pdf)
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2. **LC 34 4453/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/147106.pdf)
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## Votes
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- PASSAGE — **166–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Bruce Broadrick — primary (person)
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- John Meadows — primary (person)
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- Paul Battles — primary (person)
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- Tom Dickson — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2015-02-09** House Hopper
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- **2015-02-10** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2015-02-11** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2015-03-03** House Committee Favorably Reported `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 `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 `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2015-03-24** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2015-03-27** Senate Engrossed `passage`
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- **2015-03-27** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2015-03-27** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2015-04-06** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2015-05-06** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2015-05-06** Act 136 `executive-signature`
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- **2015-07-01** 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/f55701fb-1c55-4502-9696-e6aab8f3155f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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