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type: "Bill"
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title: "Sales and use tax; exemption for competitive projects of regional significance; change sunset provision"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 48-8-3 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to exemptions from sales and use tax, so as to change the sunset provision for the exemption for competitive projects of regional significance; 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: "2023_24"
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identifier: "HB 408"
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citation: "Georgia HB 408 (2023_24)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Bruce Williamson", "Matthew Gambill", "Shaw Blackmon"]
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version_count: 2
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action_count: 19
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vote_count: 3
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first_action: "2023-02-14"
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last_action: "2023-07-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ab0851ff-19d9-425b-b78c-90cb0bc90030"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "92498b18086915bf575a3251dddfc850e915e834dfdeb2e44005ec6d355e69d3"
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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 408 (2023_24) — Sales and use tax; exemption for competitive projects of regional significance; change sunset provision
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 48-8-3 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to exemptions from sales and use tax, so as to change the sunset provision for the exemption for competitive projects of regional significance; 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 408/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/220404.pdf)
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2. **LC 50 0497/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/214582.pdf)
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## Votes
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- Senate Vote #397 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **43–6** (pass) · upper
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- House Vote #138 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **169–2** (pass) · lower
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- Senate Vote #254 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **31–22** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Bruce Williamson — primary (person)
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- Matthew Gambill — primary (person)
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- Shaw Blackmon — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2023-02-14** House Hopper `introduction`
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- **2023-02-15** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2023-02-16** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2023-02-28** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-03-02** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2023-03-02** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2023-03-06** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2023-03-16** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-03-20** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2023-03-21** Senate Engrossed `passage`
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- **2023-03-21** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2023-03-21** Senate Tabled
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- **2023-03-29** Senate Taken from Table
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- **2023-03-29** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2023-03-29** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2023-04-03** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2023-05-05** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2023-05-05** Act 350 `executive-signature`
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- **2023-07-01** 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/ab0851ff-19d9-425b-b78c-90cb0bc90030`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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