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type: "Bill"
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title: "General Assembly; increase maximum acreage to qualify for assessment and taxation as a bona fide conservation use property - CA"
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description: "A RESOLUTION proposing an amendment to the Constitution so as to increase the maximum acreage to qualify for assessment and taxation as a bona fide conservation use property; to provide for related matters; to provide for the submission of this amendment for ratification or rejection; 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: "2025_26"
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identifier: "HR 32"
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citation: "Georgia HR 32 (2025_26)"
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classification: ["resolution"]
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subjects: ["CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES", "PROPERTY", "REVENUE AND TAXATION"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Chuck Efstration", "Debbie Buckner", "Leesa Hagan", "Robert Dickey"]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 22
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vote_count: 3
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first_action: "2025-01-16"
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last_action: "2025-05-14"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5f198f61-7750-4c70-92b6-56d274b94638"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "b14fe65ebdb264fb9a993ca4944e863611998904c3f136bc343af9d39a8efbe5"
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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 HR 32 (2025_26) — General Assembly; increase maximum acreage to qualify for assessment and taxation as a bona fide conservation use property - CA
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A RESOLUTION proposing an amendment to the Constitution so as to increase the maximum acreage to qualify for assessment and taxation as a bona fide conservation use property; to provide for related matters; to provide for the submission of this amendment for ratification or rejection; 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. **HR 32/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/236234.pdf)
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2. **LC 44 2912/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/230100.pdf)
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3. **LC 44 3014S/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/234874.pdf)
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4. **LC 44 3014S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/232174.pdf)
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5. **Local Government Fiscal Note** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/235816.pdf)
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## Votes
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- Senate Vote #236 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **29–23** (pass) · upper
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- House Vote #134 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **168–5** (pass) · lower
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- Senate Vote #240 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **50–1** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Chuck Efstration — primary (person)
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- Debbie Buckner — primary (person)
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- Leesa Hagan — primary (person)
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- Robert Dickey — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-01-16** House Hopper `introduction`
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- **2025-01-17** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2025-01-27** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2025-02-12** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-02-20** House Postponed
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- **2025-02-21** House Postponed
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- **2025-02-24** House Postponed
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- **2025-02-26** House Postponed
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- **2025-02-27** House Postponed
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- **2025-02-28** House Postponed
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- **2025-03-03** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2025-03-03** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2025-03-04** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2025-03-11** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-03-13** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2025-03-18** Senate Engrossed `passage`
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- **2025-03-18** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2025-03-18** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2025-04-07** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2025-05-14** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2025-05-14** Act 363 `executive-signature`
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- **2025-05-14** 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/5f198f61-7750-4c70-92b6-56d274b94638`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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