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type: "Bill"
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title: "Ad valorem tax; property; expand an exemption for agricultural equipment and certain farm products"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 1 of Article 2 of Chapter 5 of Title 48 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to property tax exemptions, so as to expand an exemption for agricultural equipment and certain farm products held by certain entities to include entities comprising two or more family owned farm entities; to add dairy products and unfertilized eggs of poultry as qualified farm products with respect to such exemption; to provide for a referendum; to provide for effective dates, applicability, and automatic repeal; to provide for compliance with constitutional requirements; 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: "2021_22"
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identifier: "HB 498"
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citation: "Georgia HB 498 (2021_22)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Clay Pirkle", "John LaHood", "Robert Dickey", "Sam Watson", "Terry England"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 20
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2021-02-17"
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last_action: "2021-05-07"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fd8ed5f6-88bc-4771-aa5b-90243113778e"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "94f5f5317b2a4b0d6fe8e766a0c93a21368b5e0f051e582affcf2b63154a9057"
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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 498 (2021_22) — Ad valorem tax; property; expand an exemption for agricultural equipment and certain farm products
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 1 of Article 2 of Chapter 5 of Title 48 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to property tax exemptions, so as to expand an exemption for agricultural equipment and certain farm products held by certain entities to include entities comprising two or more family owned farm entities; to add dairy products and unfertilized eggs of poultry as qualified farm products with respect to such exemption; to provide for a referendum; to provide for effective dates, applicability, and automatic repeal; to provide for compliance with constitutional requirements; 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. **HB 498/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/202506.pdf)
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2. **LC 43 1917/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/197899.pdf)
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3. **Sen ctee sub LC 43 2013S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/201978.pdf)
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## Votes
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- PASSAGE — **169–1** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Clay Pirkle — primary (person)
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- John LaHood — primary (person)
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- Robert Dickey — primary (person)
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- Sam Watson — 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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- **2021-02-17** House Hopper
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- **2021-02-18** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2021-02-22** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2021-03-03** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-03-08** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2021-03-08** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2021-03-09** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2021-03-18** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-03-22** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2021-03-29** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-03-29** Senate Engrossed `passage`
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- **2021-03-29** Senate Tabled
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- **2021-03-31** Senate Taken from Table
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- **2021-03-31** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2021-03-31** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2021-03-31** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
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- **2021-04-06** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2021-05-07** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2021-05-07** Act 260 `executive-signature`
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- **2021-05-07** 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/fd8ed5f6-88bc-4771-aa5b-90243113778e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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