republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2021-22/hb-997.md

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Bill	Ad valorem tax; timber equipment and timber products held by timber producers; provide exemption	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 provide for a state-wide exemption from all ad valorem taxes for timber equipment and timber products held by timber producers; 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.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2021_22	HB 997	Georgia HB 997 (2021_22)	bill		enacted	Debbie Buckner Gerald Greene Jon Burns Matt Hatchett Sam Watson Terry England	4	18	1	2022-01-25	2022-05-10	openstates	ocd-bill/73e2c122-f48c-488a-b924-af90e18f0fcf	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	8aae95d3f433dc05c9c5e7ea574398cbdac2aff868aa8dd348bc5bf922a69971	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia HB 997 (2021_22) — Ad valorem tax; timber equipment and timber products held by timber producers; provide exemption

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 provide for a state-wide exemption from all ad valorem taxes for timber equipment and timber products held by timber producers; 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.

Version chain

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

1. HB 997/AP* (committee substitute) — source
2. LC 43 2167/a (committee substitute) — source
3. LC 43 2338S/hcs (committee substitute) — source
4. LC 43 2338S/hs (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• PASSAGE — 171–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Debbie Buckner — primary (person)
• Gerald Greene — primary (person)
• Jon Burns — primary (person)
• Matt Hatchett — primary (person)
• Sam Watson — primary (person)
• Terry England — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2022-01-25 House Hopper
• 2022-01-26 House First Readers reading-1
• 2022-01-27 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2022-02-24 House Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2022-03-03 House Withdrawn, Recommitted referral-committee, withdrawal
• 2022-03-08 House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2022-03-15 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2022-03-15 House Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2022-03-16 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2022-03-25 Senate Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2022-03-28 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2022-03-30 Senate Engrossed passage
• 2022-03-30 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2022-03-30 Senate Passed/Adopted passage
• 2022-04-06 House Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2022-05-10 House Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2022-05-10 Act 859 executive-signature
• 2022-05-10 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/73e2c122-f48c-488a-b924-af90e18f0fcf. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).