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type: "Bill"
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title: "Ad Valorem Tax Appeals; alternative means of recovering costs of litigation and attorney's fees; provide"
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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 an alternative means of recovering costs of litigation and attorney's fees in ad valorem tax appeals; 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: "2019_20"
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identifier: "SB 410"
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citation: "Georgia SB 410 (2019_20)"
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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", "Butch Miller", "Ellis Black", "Greg Dolezal", "Jesse Stone", "John Kennedy", "Larry Walker, III", "Lee Anderson", "Matt Brass", "Mike Dugan", "Steve Gooch", "William Ligon, Jr."]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 23
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2020-02-20"
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last_action: "2020-07-22"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f0df63d2-cb72-4402-b47e-58413e114515"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "1175217c7fbee5593c58512a2382cd68d3ec5aa871462a3de0d28633d387eaf5"
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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 410 (2019_20) — Ad Valorem Tax Appeals; alternative means of recovering costs of litigation and attorney's fees; provide
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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 an alternative means of recovering costs of litigation and attorney's fees in ad valorem tax appeals; 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 44 1433** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/190490.pdf)
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2. **As passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/193195.pdf)
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3. **Floor amend 1 AM 44 0148** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/195102.pdf)
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4. **LC 43 1675S/hss** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/194011.pdf)
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5. **SB410/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/195189.pdf)
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## Votes
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- MOTION TO ENGROSS: SB 463, SB 410, SB 480 — **34–21** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Ben Watson — primary (person)
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- Butch Miller — primary (person)
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- Ellis Black — primary (person)
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- Greg Dolezal — primary (person)
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- Jesse Stone — primary (person)
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- John Kennedy — primary (person)
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- Larry Walker, III — primary (person)
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- Lee Anderson — primary (person)
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- Matt Brass — primary (person)
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- Mike Dugan — primary (person)
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- Steve Gooch — 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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- **2020-02-20** Senate Hopper
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- **2020-02-21** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2020-03-03** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2020-03-04** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2020-03-12** Senate Engrossed `passage`
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- **2020-03-12** Senate Tabled
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- **2020-03-12** Senate Taken from Table
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- **2020-03-12** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2020-03-12** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2020-03-13** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2020-06-15** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2020-06-16** House Withdrawn, Recommitted `withdrawal, referral-committee`
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- **2020-06-18** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2020-06-23** House Postponed
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- **2020-06-24** House Postponed
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- **2020-06-25** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2020-06-25** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2020-06-26** Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub As Amended
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- **2020-06-26** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
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- **2020-06-29** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2020-07-22** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2020-07-22** Act 482 `executive-signature`
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- **2020-07-22** 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/f0df63d2-cb72-4402-b47e-58413e114515`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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