republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2023-24/hb-300.md

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Bill	Solar Technology Trust Fund; fund within state treasury; establish	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 4 of Article 1 of Chapter 3 of Title 46 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to solar power free-market financing, so as to provide for the establishment of the Solar Technology Trust Fund as a fund within the state treasury; to impose a fee on the retail sale of new solar technology and to dedicate such fees to such fund as authorized and subject to the conditions imposed by Article III, Section IX, Paragraph VI(r) of the Constitution of Georgia; to provide for reports and forms; to provide for authorization; to provide for annual appropriations and reporting; 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	2023_24	HB 300	Georgia HB 300 (2023_24)	bill		enacted	Bruce Williamson Ron Stephens Shaw Blackmon Trey Kelley	5	18	3	2023-02-08	2024-07-01	openstates	ocd-bill/7456a2d0-7476-4686-809f-e4497b2eb950	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	903c732a7140af7ff1e541548283dd9a081103862a3632da7c6253b041d06080	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia HB 300 (2023_24) — Solar Technology Trust Fund; fund within state treasury; establish

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 4 of Article 1 of Chapter 3 of Title 46 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to solar power free-market financing, so as to provide for the establishment of the Solar Technology Trust Fund as a fund within the state treasury; to impose a fee on the retail sale of new solar technology and to dedicate such fees to such fund as authorized and subject to the conditions imposed by Article III, Section IX, Paragraph VI(r) of the Constitution of Georgia; to provide for reports and forms; to provide for authorization; to provide for annual appropriations and reporting; 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 300/AP* (committee substitute) — source
2. LC 51 0302/a (committee substitute) — source
3. LC 55 0208S/hcs (committee substitute) — source
4. LC 55 0208S/hs (committee substitute) — source
5. Sen Ctee sub LC 55 0300S (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Senate Vote #838 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — 52–2 (pass) · upper
• House Vote #884 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — 151–16 (pass) · lower
• House Vote #464 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — 146–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Bruce Williamson — primary (person)
• Ron Stephens — primary (person)
• Shaw Blackmon — primary (person)
• Trey Kelley — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-02-08 House Hopper introduction
• 2023-02-09 House First Readers reading-1
• 2023-02-13 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2024-02-07 House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-02-12 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2024-02-12 House Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2024-02-13 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
• 2024-03-26 Senate Tabled
• 2024-03-28 Senate Taken from Table
• 2024-03-28 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2024-03-28 Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2024-03-28 House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
• 2024-04-03 House Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2024-04-22 House Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2024-04-22 Act 390 executive-signature
• 2024-07-01 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/7456a2d0-7476-4686-809f-e4497b2eb950. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).