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type: "Bill"
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title: "Ad Valorem Tax; provide the assessed value of property shall not be increased beyond the initial assessment value"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 48-5-311 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to creation of county boards of equalization, duties, review of assessments, and appeals, so as to provide that the assessed value of property for a taxable year shall not be increased beyond the initial assessment value established by the board of tax assessors during an appeal of such valuation for such taxable year by the taxpayer but may be reduced as a result of the appeal of the taxpayer; 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: "SB 258"
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citation: "Georgia SB 258 (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: ["Fran Millar", "John Albers"]
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version_count: 6
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action_count: 21
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2016-01-11"
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last_action: "2016-04-26"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/86979ad8-f722-45fc-93b3-d0d0c2a113f2"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "e9212f713ba0f2ad18db6105220b63a67050a27aaaa84cc45e97e73905e29c80"
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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 SB 258 (2015_16) — Ad Valorem Tax; provide the assessed value of property shall not be increased beyond the initial assessment value
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 48-5-311 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to creation of county boards of equalization, duties, review of assessments, and appeals, so as to provide that the assessed value of property for a taxable year shall not be increased beyond the initial assessment value established by the board of tax assessors during an appeal of such valuation for such taxable year by the taxpayer but may be reduced as a result of the appeal of the taxpayer; 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. **As introduced LC 28 7727** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/154247.pdf)
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2. **As passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/158828.pdf)
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3. **CCR to SB 258 LC 34 4960ERS** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/162369.pdf)
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4. **Committee sub LC 28 7896ERS** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/157829.pdf)
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5. **LC 43 0386ERS/hss** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/160709.pdf)
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6. **SB 258/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/162396.pdf)
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## Votes
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- PASSAGE BY SUBSTITUTE — **51–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Fran Millar — primary (person)
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- John Albers — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2016-01-11** Senate Hopper
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- **2016-01-12** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2016-02-18** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2016-02-19** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2016-02-25** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2016-02-25** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2016-02-26** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2016-02-29** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2016-03-15** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2016-03-22** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2016-03-22** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2016-03-24** Senate Disagreed House Amend or Sub
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- **2016-03-24** House Insisted
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- **2016-03-24** Senate Conference Committee Appointed 46th, 4th, 11th
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- **2016-03-24** House Conference Committee Appointed 26th, 171st, 116th
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- **2016-03-24** House Conference Committee Report Adopted
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- **2016-03-25** Senate Conference Committee Report Adopted
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- **2016-03-31** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2016-04-26** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2016-04-26** Act 345 `executive-signature`
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- **2016-04-26** 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/86979ad8-f722-45fc-93b3-d0d0c2a113f2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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