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type: "Bill"
title: "Ad valorem tax; language required to be included in notices of current assessment; revise"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 5 of Title 48 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to ad valorem taxation of property, so as to revise the language required to be included in the notices of current assessment; to add hearing officer review for tax assessment of certain business personal property; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2025_26"
identifier: "HB 445"
citation: "Georgia HB 445 (2025_26)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["PROPERTY", "REVENUE AND TAXATION"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Charles Martin"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 25
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2025-02-13"
last_action: "2026-05-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2d272b14-9de3-474f-90f9-6a48f3b08e1f"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "6d39b478b8a705efe61272ee7d578c08f73ca785416f3e218051a308da4515da"
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 445 (2025_26) — Ad valorem tax; language required to be included in notices of current assessment; revise
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 5 of Title 48 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to ad valorem taxation of property, so as to revise the language required to be included in the notices of current assessment; to add hearing officer review for tax assessment of certain business personal property; 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. **Fiscal Note** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/236580.pdf)
2. **Floor Amendment AM 44 0290** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/248700.pdf)
3. **HB 445/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/249079.pdf)
4. **LC 50 1095/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/232413.pdf)
5. **Sen Ctee Sub LC 59 0451S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/246777.pdf)
6. **Sen Ctee sub LC 50 1268S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/238207.pdf)
## Votes
- Senate Vote #880 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **46–0** (pass) · upper
- Senate Vote #383 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **31–24** (pass) · upper
- House Vote #222 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **167–0** (pass) · lower
- House Vote #838 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **171–1** (pass) · lower
- Senate Vote #965 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **52–0** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Charles Martin — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2025-02-13** House Hopper `introduction`
- **2025-02-18** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2025-02-19** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2025-02-26** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-06** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2025-03-06** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2025-03-10** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-20** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-21** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2025-03-28** Senate Recommitted `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-31** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-02** Senate Engrossed `passage`
- **2025-04-02** Senate Tabled
- **2026-01-12** Senate Taken from Table
- **2026-01-12** Senate Recommitted `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-16** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-19** Senate Recommitted `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-20** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-31** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2026-03-31** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2026-04-02** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub As Amended
- **2026-04-02** Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
- **2026-04-10** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-05-11** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2026-05-11** Act 464 `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2d272b14-9de3-474f-90f9-6a48f3b08e1f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).