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type: "Bill"
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title: "Bona Fide Conservation Use Property; impending expiration to be sent via certified mail; require notices"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 48-5-7.4 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to preferential assessment for bona fide conservation use property and bona fide residential transitional property, so as to require notices of impending expiration to be sent via certified mail; to provide for the reinstatement of certain covenants and preferential assessments in certain limited circumstances; to provide for appeals and refunds; to prohibit additional fees or interest; 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: "2025_26"
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identifier: "SB 306"
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citation: "Georgia SB 306 (2025_26)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["REVENUE AND TAXATION"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Randy Robertson"]
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version_count: 6
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action_count: 17
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vote_count: 4
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first_action: "2025-02-27"
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last_action: "2026-05-06"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bdf3ef86-91f2-4967-b70e-4d9c368ebab8"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "c2526a01f2f1c02fd33deeaf585d3065ffd3b10ea6a008ddb742b483bbaf651a"
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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 SB 306 (2025_26) — Bona Fide Conservation Use Property; impending expiration to be sent via certified mail; require notices
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 48-5-7.4 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to preferential assessment for bona fide conservation use property and bona fide residential transitional property, so as to require notices of impending expiration to be sent via certified mail; to provide for the reinstatement of certain covenants and preferential assessments in certain limited circumstances; to provide for appeals and refunds; to prohibit additional fees or interest; 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. **As Passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/245096.pdf)
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2. **As introduced LC 50 1187** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/234513.pdf)
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3. **Committee Sub LC 59 0392S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/244283.pdf)
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4. **LC 44 3555S/hrcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/247342.pdf)
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5. **LC 59 0452S/hss** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/246802.pdf)
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6. **SB 306/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/249172.pdf)
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## Votes
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- Senate Vote #963 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **52–0** (pass) · upper
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- House Vote #758 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **158–9** (pass) · lower
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- Senate Vote #615 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **31–22** (pass) · upper
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- Senate Vote #636 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **49–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Randy Robertson — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-02-27** Senate Hopper `introduction`
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- **2025-02-28** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2026-02-26** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2026-03-03** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2026-03-04** Senate Engrossed `passage`
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- **2026-03-04** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2026-03-04** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2026-03-06** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2026-03-09** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2026-03-20** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2026-03-25** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2026-03-25** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2026-04-02** Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
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- **2026-04-10** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2026-05-06** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2026-05-06** Act 431 `executive-signature`
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- **2026-05-06** 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/bdf3ef86-91f2-4967-b70e-4d9c368ebab8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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