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