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type: "Bill"
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title: "Sales and use tax; exemption for projects of regional significance; change sunset provision"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 48-8-3 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to exemptions from state sales and use tax, so as to change the sunset provision for the exemption for projects of regional significance; 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 937"
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citation: "Georgia HB 937 (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: ["Brett Harrell", "Bruce Williamson", "David Knight", "Jay Powell", "John Carson", "Ron Stephens"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 20
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2016-02-08"
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last_action: "2016-07-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9ebef1a9-96e6-4f9c-a371-4b80eebc3ee1"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "4dda7005998b0caf67107592e36300f5c33e5cc71a0270c69ad1fd25dbe45188"
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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 937 (2015_16) — Sales and use tax; exemption for projects of regional significance; change sunset provision
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 48-8-3 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to exemptions from state sales and use tax, so as to change the sunset provision for the exemption for projects of regional significance; 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 0745** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/162055.pdf)
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2. **HB 937/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/162194.pdf)
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3. **LC 34 4797ER/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/156755.pdf)
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4. **Sen ctee sub LC 34 4945ERS** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/160775.pdf)
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## Votes
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- PASSAGE — **161–6** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Brett Harrell — primary (person)
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- Bruce Williamson — primary (person)
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- David Knight — primary (person)
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- Jay Powell — primary (person)
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- John Carson — primary (person)
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- Ron Stephens — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2016-02-08** House Hopper
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- **2016-02-09** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2016-02-10** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2016-02-17** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2016-02-29** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2016-02-29** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2016-03-02** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2016-03-16** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2016-03-16** 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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- **2016-03-24** Senate Taken from Table
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- **2016-03-24** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2016-03-24** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2016-03-24** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub As Amended
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- **2016-03-25** Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
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- **2016-04-01** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2016-05-03** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2016-05-03** Act 596 `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/9ebef1a9-96e6-4f9c-a371-4b80eebc3ee1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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