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type: "Bill"
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title: "Taxes; furnishing of sales and use tax information to municipalities and counties; change provisions"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 48-2-15 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to confidential information secured in the administration of taxes, so as to change the provisions regarding the furnishing of sales and use tax information to municipalities and counties; to provide for additional procedures, conditions, and limitations; to provide for confidentiality; to provide for a criminal penalty; 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: "SB 371"
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citation: "Georgia SB 371 (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: ["Ben Watson", "Bill Cowsert", "Bruce Thompson", "Burt Jones", "Butch Miller", "Chuck Payne", "Chuck Hufstetler", "David Shafer", "Ed Harbison", "Elena Parent", "Ellis Black", "Fran Millar", "Frank Ginn", "Freddie Sims", "Greg Kirk", "Harold Jones II", "Jack Hill", "Jeff Mullis", "Jennifer Jordan", "Jesse Stone", "John Albers", "John Wilkinson", "Joshua McKoon", "Lee Anderson", "Michael 'Doc' Rhett", "Mike Dugan", "Steve Henson", "Tonya Anderson", "Tyler Harper", "William Ligon, Jr."]
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version_count: 0
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action_count: 16
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2018-01-30"
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last_action: "2018-07-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/30a514ec-8a2c-4755-90af-8f06a3b307e6"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "4c9d040e46cab1baa78ee881a9504d540c1121affa81f5a74e35cec95d94d8f7"
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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 371 (2017_18) — Taxes; furnishing of sales and use tax information to municipalities and counties; change provisions
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 48-2-15 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to confidential information secured in the administration of taxes, so as to change the provisions regarding the furnishing of sales and use tax information to municipalities and counties; to provide for additional procedures, conditions, and limitations; to provide for confidentiality; to provide for a criminal penalty; 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 — **55–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Ben Watson — primary (person)
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- Bill Cowsert — primary (person)
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- Bruce Thompson — primary (person)
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- Burt Jones — primary (person)
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- Butch Miller — primary (person)
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- Chuck Payne — primary (person)
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- Chuck Hufstetler — primary (person)
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- David Shafer — primary (person)
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- Ed Harbison — primary (person)
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- Elena Parent — primary (person)
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- Ellis Black — primary (person)
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- Fran Millar — primary (person)
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- Frank Ginn — primary (person)
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- Freddie Sims — primary (person)
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- Greg Kirk — primary (person)
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- Harold Jones II — primary (person)
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- Jack Hill — primary (person)
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- Jeff Mullis — primary (person)
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- Jennifer Jordan — primary (person)
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- Jesse Stone — primary (person)
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- John Albers — primary (person)
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- John Wilkinson — primary (person)
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- Joshua McKoon — primary (person)
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- Lee Anderson — primary (person)
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- Michael 'Doc' Rhett — primary (person)
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- Mike Dugan — primary (person)
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- Steve Henson — primary (person)
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- Tonya Anderson — primary (person)
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- Tyler Harper — primary (person)
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- William Ligon, Jr. — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2018-01-30** Senate Hopper
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- **2018-01-31** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2018-02-08** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2018-02-12** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2018-02-20** Senate Engrossed `passage`
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- **2018-02-20** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2018-02-20** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2018-02-21** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2018-02-22** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2018-03-01** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2018-03-12** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2018-03-12** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2018-04-05** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2018-05-07** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2018-05-07** Act 441 `executive-signature`
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- **2018-07-01** 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/30a514ec-8a2c-4755-90af-8f06a3b307e6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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