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---
type: "Bill"
title: "Ad valorem tax; optional temporary tax relief to certain properties located in nationally declared federal disaster areas; provide"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 5 of Title 48 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions regarding ad valorem taxation of property, so as to provide for optional temporary tax relief to certain properties located in nationally declared federal disaster areas; to provide for rules, procedures, conditions, and limitations; to provide for appeals; to provide for definitions; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date and applicability; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2023_24"
identifier: "HB 311"
citation: "Georgia HB 311 (2023_24)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["David Knight", "Gerald Greene", "Karen Mathiak", "Lynn Smith", "Ron Stephens", "Shaw Blackmon"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 16
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-02-08"
last_action: "2023-03-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/40a00d5b-d5e8-417f-876c-02914bca53a4"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "bcea9165d6b8990f7f00b1101d6745f30060485bcf4b9f9c82a996e087422cbf"
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 311 (2023_24) — Ad valorem tax; optional temporary tax relief to certain properties located in nationally declared federal disaster areas; provide
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 5 of Title 48 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions regarding ad valorem taxation of property, so as to provide for optional temporary tax relief to certain properties located in nationally declared federal disaster areas; to provide for rules, procedures, conditions, and limitations; to provide for appeals; to provide for definitions; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date and applicability; 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 311/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/217861.pdf)
2. **LC 43 2615/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/214070.pdf)
## Votes
- Senate Vote #221 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **32–22** (pass) · upper
- Senate Vote #227 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **53–0** (pass) · upper
- House Vote #110 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **164–0** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- David Knight — primary (person)
- Gerald Greene — primary (person)
- Karen Mathiak — primary (person)
- Lynn Smith — primary (person)
- Ron Stephens — primary (person)
- Shaw Blackmon — 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`
- **2023-02-27** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-01** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2023-03-01** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2023-03-02** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-09** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-13** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2023-03-14** Senate Engrossed `passage`
- **2023-03-14** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2023-03-14** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2023-03-15** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-16** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-16** Act 3 `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-16** Effective Date
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/40a00d5b-d5e8-417f-876c-02914bca53a4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).