republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2023-24/sb-344.md

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Bill	Sales and Use Taxes; firearms, ammunition, gun safes, and related accessories during an 11 day period each year; exempt	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 taxes, so as to exempt sales of firearms, ammunition, gun safes, and related accessories during an 11 day period each year; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2023_24	SB 344	Georgia SB 344 (2023_24)	bill		enacted	Ben Watson Billy Hickman Bo Hatchett Brandon Beach Brian Strickland Clint Dixon Greg Dolezal Jason Anavitarte John F. Kennedy Kay Kirkpatrick Larry Walker, III Lee Anderson Marty Harbin Matt Brass Max Burns Mike Dugan Randy Robertson Rick Williams Shawn Still Shelly Echols Steve Gooch	9	18	4	2024-01-10	2024-07-01	openstates	ocd-bill/77b99336-3888-443e-a34a-dcf2decbc664	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	ae0bc6d516bab2923fecbcd6f9206429108d8f04ed0c82bc0dcd4b91ae5fb7ea	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia SB 344 (2023_24) — Sales and Use Taxes; firearms, ammunition, gun safes, and related accessories during an 11 day period each year; exempt

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 taxes, so as to exempt sales of firearms, ammunition, gun safes, and related accessories during an 11 day period each year; 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. As Introduced LC 43 2929 (committee substitute) — source
2. As Passed Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. Committee sub LC 50 0698S (committee substitute) — source
4. Floor Amend 1 (committee substitute) — source
5. Floor Amend 2 AM 50 0053 (committee substitute) — source
6. Floor Amend 3 AM 50 0052 (committee substitute) — source
7. LC 43 2929 Fiscal Note (committee substitute) — source
8. LC 50 0893S/hss (committee substitute) — source
9. SB 344/AP* (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• House Vote #770 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — 163–1 (pass) · lower
• Senate Vote #830 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — 53–1 (pass) · upper
• Senate Vote #467 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — 30–23 (pass) · upper
• Senate Vote #471 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — 30–22 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Ben Watson — primary (person)
• Billy Hickman — primary (person)
• Bo Hatchett — primary (person)
• Brandon Beach — primary (person)
• Brian Strickland — primary (person)
• Clint Dixon — primary (person)
• Greg Dolezal — primary (person)
• Jason Anavitarte — primary (person)
• John F. Kennedy — primary (person)
• Kay Kirkpatrick — primary (person)
• Larry Walker, III — primary (person)
• Lee Anderson — primary (person)
• Marty Harbin — primary (person)
• Matt Brass — primary (person)
• Max Burns — primary (person)
• Mike Dugan — primary (person)
• Randy Robertson — primary (person)
• Rick Williams — primary (person)
• Shawn Still — primary (person)
• Shelly Echols — primary (person)
• Steve Gooch — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-01-10 Senate Hopper introduction
• 2024-01-11 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2024-01-30 Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-01-31 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2024-02-06 Senate Engrossed passage
• 2024-02-06 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2024-02-06 Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2024-02-07 House First Readers reading-1
• 2024-02-08 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2024-03-20 House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-03-21 House Postponed
• 2024-03-26 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2024-03-26 House Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2024-03-28 Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
• 2024-04-04 Senate Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2024-05-06 Senate Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2024-05-06 Act 610 executive-signature
• 2024-07-01 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/77b99336-3888-443e-a34a-dcf2decbc664. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).