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type: "Bill"
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title: "Sales and use tax; energy used in agriculture; provide for the change in a definition"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 8 of Title 48 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to sales and use tax, so as to provide for a change in a definition; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; 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 822"
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citation: "Georgia HB 822 (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: ["Al Williams", "Calvin Smyre", "Christian Coomer", "James Epps", "Jay Powell", "Valerie Clark"]
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version_count: 2
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action_count: 18
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2016-01-22"
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last_action: "2016-07-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0a5505c2-391f-4bf1-9bf1-f84e50fc9df3"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "3d21db2768312c625913f27e2adc7f8258e0697f627f0277670e50aff9cb9992"
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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 822 (2015_16) — Sales and use tax; energy used in agriculture; provide for the change in a definition
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 8 of Title 48 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to sales and use tax, so as to provide for a change in a definition; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; 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 822/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/162066.pdf)
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2. **LC 34 4769/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/155288.pdf)
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## Votes
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- PASSAGE — **154–10** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Al Williams — primary (person)
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- Calvin Smyre — primary (person)
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- Christian Coomer — primary (person)
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- James Epps — primary (person)
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- Jay Powell — primary (person)
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- Valerie Clark — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2016-01-22** House Hopper
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- **2016-01-25** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2016-01-26** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2016-02-04** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2016-02-11** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2016-02-11** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2016-02-16** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2016-03-15** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2016-03-15** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2016-03-22** Senate Engrossed `passage`
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- **2016-03-22** Senate Tabled
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- **2016-03-22** Senate Taken from Table
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- **2016-03-22** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2016-03-22** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2016-03-29** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2016-04-26** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2016-04-26** Act 453 `executive-signature`
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- **2016-07-01** 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/0a5505c2-391f-4bf1-9bf1-f84e50fc9df3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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