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GA SB 45

died on adjournment

Bona Fide Conservation Use Property; the maximum acreage to qualify for assessment and taxation; increase

Georgia · 2025_26 · upper

Quick answers

Did GA SB 45 pass?

No. GA SB 45 died when the 2025-26 session adjourned without final action on it. Bills that die this way are sometimes reintroduced in a later session. Latest recorded action (2025-02-21): House Second Readers

What is GA SB 45 about?

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 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 a contingent effective date and automatic repeal; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Who sponsors GA SB 45?

Sam Watson, Billy Hickman, Russ Goodman and 2 others are the primary sponsors of GA SB 45.

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 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 a contingent effective date and automatic repeal; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Introduced
2025-01-28
Latest action
2025-02-21 — House Second Readers
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • Sam Watsonprimary
  • Billy Hickmanprimary
  • Russ Goodmanprimary
  • Lee Andersonprimary
  • John F. Kennedyprimary

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-01-28

    Senate Hopper

    introduction

  2. 2025-01-29

    Senate Read and Referred

    referral-committee

  3. 2025-02-13

    Senate Committee Favorably Reported

    committee-passage-favorable

  4. 2025-02-18

    Senate Read Second Time

    reading-2

  5. 2025-02-19

    Senate Engrossed

    passage

  6. 2025-02-19

    Senate Third Read

    reading-3

  7. 2025-02-19

    Senate Passed/Adopted

    passage

  8. 2025-02-20

    House First Readers

    reading-1

  9. 2025-02-21

    House Second Readers

    reading-2

Versions

Documents

Votes

  • Senate Vote #65 - 2025-2026 Regular Session

    2025-02-19 · pass · 51-1

    Member-level votes (54)
    • ALBERS: yes
    • ANAVITARTE: yes
    • ANDERSON: yes
    • BEACH: yes
    • BEARDEN: yes
    • BRASS: yes
    • BURNS: yes
    • COWSERT: yes
    • DAVENPORT: yes
    • DIXON: yes
    • DOLEZAL: yes
    • ECHOLS: yes
    • ESTEVES: yes
    • GINN: yes
    • GOOCH: yes
    • GOODMAN: yes
    • HALPERN: yes
    • HARBIN: yes
    • HARBISON: yes
    • HARRELL: yes
    • HATCHETT: yes
    • HICKMAN: yes
    • HODGES: yes
    • HUFSTETLER: yes
    • JACKSON: yes
    • JAMES: yes
    • JONES: yes
    • JONES II: yes
    • KEMP: yes
    • KENNEDY: yes
    • KIRKPATRICK: yes
    • LUCAS: yes
    • MALLOW: other
    • MANGHAM: yes
    • MCLAURIN: yes
    • MERRITT: other
    • MOORE: no
    • ORROCK: yes
    • PARENT: yes
    • PARKES: yes
    • PAYNE: yes
    • RAHMAN: yes
    • RHETT: yes
    • ROBERTSON: yes
    • SETZLER: yes
    • SIMS: yes
    • STILL: yes
    • STRICKLAND: yes
    • SUMMERS: yes
    • TILLERY: other
    • WALKER, III: yes
    • WATSON: yes
    • WICKS: yes
    • WILLIAMS: yes

  • Senate Vote #63 - 2025-2026 Regular Session

    2025-02-19 · pass · 31-21

    Member-level votes (54)
    • ALBERS: yes
    • ANAVITARTE: yes
    • ANDERSON: yes
    • BEACH: yes
    • BEARDEN: yes
    • BRASS: yes
    • BURNS: yes
    • COWSERT: yes
    • DAVENPORT: no
    • DIXON: yes
    • DOLEZAL: yes
    • ECHOLS: yes
    • ESTEVES: no
    • GINN: yes
    • GOOCH: yes
    • GOODMAN: yes
    • HALPERN: no
    • HARBIN: yes
    • HARBISON: no
    • HARRELL: no
    • HATCHETT: yes
    • HICKMAN: yes
    • HODGES: yes
    • HUFSTETLER: yes
    • JACKSON: no
    • JAMES: no
    • JONES: no
    • JONES II: no
    • KEMP: no
    • KENNEDY: yes
    • KIRKPATRICK: yes
    • LUCAS: no
    • MALLOW: other
    • MANGHAM: no
    • MCLAURIN: no
    • MERRITT: other
    • MOORE: no
    • ORROCK: no
    • PARENT: no
    • PARKES: no
    • PAYNE: yes
    • RAHMAN: no
    • RHETT: no
    • ROBERTSON: yes
    • SETZLER: yes
    • SIMS: no
    • STILL: yes
    • STRICKLAND: yes
    • SUMMERS: yes
    • TILLERY: other
    • WALKER, III: yes
    • WATSON: yes
    • WICKS: no
    • WILLIAMS: yes

Related bills

No related bills recorded for this bill.

Official source

https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/69580

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