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type: "Bill"
title: "Georgia Tax Court Act of 2025; enact"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 50 of the O.C.G.A., relating to state government, so as to repeal Chapter 13A, relating to tax tribunals; to amend Title 15 of the O.C.G.A., relating to courts; to provide for the application of Chapter 11 of Title 9, the 'Georgia Civil Practice Act,' discovery, and attendance of witnesses; to amend Title 5 of the O.C.G.A., relating to appeal and error; to amend Chapter 4 of Title 9 of the O.C.G.A., relating to declaratory judgments; to amend Chapter 4 of Title 23 of the O.C.G.A., relating to equity procedure; to amend Code Section 45-7-4 of the O.C.G.A., relating to annual salaries of certain state officials and cost-of-living adjustments; to amend Code Section 15-21-209 of the O.C.G.A., relating to state operation assessment against adult entertainment establishments, determination of obligation, use of funds, and administration, Title 48 of the O.C.G.A., relating to revenue and taxation, and Chapter 13 of Title 50 of the O.C.G.A., relating to administrative procedure; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2023_24"
identifier: "HB 1267"
citation: "Georgia HB 1267 (2023_24)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Charles Martin", "Debbie Buckner", "Doug Stoner", "Shaw Blackmon", "Stan Gunter", "Vance Smith"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 16
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2024-02-13"
last_action: "2024-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f1fe86d0-62da-47c9-ad54-4e4b46f6a915"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "e00524c706c2af0bc4dcdd0921cb9b3348774a348023b2fc9b4347d3ef8a979b"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ga"]
---
# Georgia HB 1267 (2023_24) — Georgia Tax Court Act of 2025; enact
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 50 of the O.C.G.A., relating to state government, so as to repeal Chapter 13A, relating to tax tribunals; to amend Title 15 of the O.C.G.A., relating to courts; to provide for the application of Chapter 11 of Title 9, the 'Georgia Civil Practice Act,' discovery, and attendance of witnesses; to amend Title 5 of the O.C.G.A., relating to appeal and error; to amend Chapter 4 of Title 9 of the O.C.G.A., relating to declaratory judgments; to amend Chapter 4 of Title 23 of the O.C.G.A., relating to equity procedure; to amend Code Section 45-7-4 of the O.C.G.A., relating to annual salaries of certain state officials and cost-of-living adjustments; to amend Code Section 15-21-209 of the O.C.G.A., relating to state operation assessment against adult entertainment establishments, determination of obligation, use of funds, and administration, Title 48 of the O.C.G.A., relating to revenue and taxation, and Chapter 13 of Title 50 of the O.C.G.A., relating to administrative procedure; 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 1267/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/229106.pdf)
2. **LC 44 2708/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/223984.pdf)
3. **Sen Ctee sub LC 44 2812S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/227031.pdf)
## Votes
- House Vote #780 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **170–0** (pass) · lower
- House Vote #570 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **161–0** (pass) · lower
- Senate Vote #710 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **45–1** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Charles Martin — primary (person)
- Debbie Buckner — primary (person)
- Doug Stoner — primary (person)
- Shaw Blackmon — primary (person)
- Stan Gunter — primary (person)
- Vance Smith — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2024-02-13** House Hopper `introduction`
- **2024-02-15** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2024-02-16** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2024-02-21** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-27** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2024-02-27** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2024-02-29** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-13** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-14** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2024-03-20** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2024-03-20** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2024-03-26** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
- **2024-04-03** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-05-06** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2024-05-06** Act 601 `executive-signature`
- **2024-07-01** Effective Date
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f1fe86d0-62da-47c9-ad54-4e4b46f6a915`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).