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type: "Bill"
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title: "Ad valorem tax; use of property for solar power generation; provide exception to a breach of covenants"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 5 of Title 48 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions regarding ad valorem taxation of property, so as to provide an exception to a breach of the covenants for use of the property for solar power generation; 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: "2017_18"
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identifier: "HB 238"
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citation: "Georgia HB 238 (2017_18)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Dominic LaRiccia", "James Epps", "Matt Hatchett", "Sam Watson", "Stacey Abrams", "Terry England"]
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version_count: 0
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action_count: 17
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2017-02-02"
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last_action: "2017-04-17"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9f64bc6e-c247-43d4-867e-26f3ca743201"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "1224009729c98ac039f1cc4bd4522c898abc19b5b8123a25c4a634a78772fe1b"
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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 238 (2017_18) — Ad valorem tax; use of property for solar power generation; provide exception to a breach of covenants
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 5 of Title 48 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions regarding ad valorem taxation of property, so as to provide an exception to a breach of the covenants for use of the property for solar power generation; 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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## Votes
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- PASSAGE — **170–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Dominic LaRiccia — primary (person)
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- James Epps — primary (person)
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- Matt Hatchett — primary (person)
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- Sam Watson — primary (person)
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- Stacey Abrams — primary (person)
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- Terry England — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2017-02-02** House Hopper
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- **2017-02-07** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2017-02-08** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2017-02-16** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2017-02-22** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2017-02-22** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2017-02-23** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2017-03-16** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2017-03-20** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2017-03-22** Senate Engrossed `passage`
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- **2017-03-22** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2017-03-22** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2017-03-24** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
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- **2017-04-03** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2017-04-17** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2017-04-17** Act 16 `executive-signature`
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- **2017-04-17** 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/9f64bc6e-c247-43d4-867e-26f3ca743201`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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