republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2021-22/hb-282.md

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Bill	Ad valorem tax; qualified timberland property; add a definition	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 13 of Chapter 5 of Title 48 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to ad valorem taxation of qualified timberland property, so as to add a definition; to limit the determination of fair market value to a weighted market and income approach to valuation; to revise certain requirements for certification of qualified timberland property; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2021_22	HB 282	Georgia HB 282 (2021_22)	bill		enacted	Matt Hatchett Robert Dickey Sam Watson Steven Meeks Terry England	5	19	1	2021-02-03	2021-07-01	openstates	ocd-bill/5b5dbeb7-c8a8-4e13-a4dd-e929b06a1138	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	1962f8612d28761697bbccc22c345ce73e8c084477114152d0cdfdc54837b449	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia HB 282 (2021_22) — Ad valorem tax; qualified timberland property; add a definition

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 13 of Chapter 5 of Title 48 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to ad valorem taxation of qualified timberland property, so as to add a definition; to limit the determination of fair market value to a weighted market and income approach to valuation; to revise certain requirements for certification of qualified timberland property; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. HB 282/AP* (committee substitute) — source
2. LC 43 1829/a (committee substitute) — source
3. LC 43 1880S/hcs (committee substitute) — source
4. LC 43 1880S/hs (committee substitute) — source
5. Sen ctee sub LC 43 1993S (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• PASSAGE — 163–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Matt Hatchett — primary (person)
• Robert Dickey — primary (person)
• Sam Watson — primary (person)
• Steven Meeks — primary (person)
• Terry England — primary (person)

Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

• 2021-02-03 House Hopper
• 2021-02-04 House First Readers reading-1
• 2021-02-08 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2021-02-11 House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-02-17 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2021-02-17 House Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2021-02-18 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2021-03-18 Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-03-22 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2021-03-29 Senate Engrossed passage
• 2021-03-29 Senate Tabled
• 2021-03-29 Senate Taken from Table
• 2021-03-29 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2021-03-29 Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2021-03-31 House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
• 2021-04-06 House Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2021-05-07 House Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2021-05-07 Act 256 executive-signature
• 2021-07-01 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/5b5dbeb7-c8a8-4e13-a4dd-e929b06a1138. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).