HB 229 Georgia House · 2025-2026 Regular Session

Sales and use tax; exempt materials used in construction of capital outlay projects for educational purposes; provisions

Summary
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 48-8-3 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to exemptions from sales and use taxes, so as to exempt from local taxes the sale or use of materials used in construction of capital outlay projects for educational purposes that were approved and funded through a constitutionally authorized education special purpose local option sales tax; to provide for conditions, limitations, and dates of applicability; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Bill status passed both 4 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2025
Committee Review
Mar 2026
House Passage
Mar 2025
Senate Passage
Mar 2026
Governor
Introduced Feb 4, 2025 Last action Mar 27, 2026
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The bill text was reformatted from a committee substitute format to a standard committee substitute header format, with the sponsor representatives' names added. No substantive policy changes were made to the actual legislative content.
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The header format was changed from a committee offering statement to a standard committee substitute header, including the names of the sponsoring representatives.

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Floor votes · Senate Mar 27, 2026 · House Mar 3, 2025

How they voted

440
Passed · 3 other
Total votes 47
Mar 27, 2026
D Democratic18
16 Yea 2
88% Yea
R Republican29
28 Yea 1
96% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
12
Key actions
5
Committee
3
Mar 27, 2026
Upper · Passed
Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute
upper
Mar 27, 2026
Upper · Passed
Senate Engrossed
upper
Mar 25, 2026
Upper · Passed
Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute
upper
Mar 4, 2025
Committee
Senate Read and Referred
upper
Mar 3, 2025
Lower · Passed
House Passed/Adopted By Substitute
lower
Feb 26, 2025
Lower · Passed
House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute
lower
Feb 4, 2025
Introduced
House Hopper
lower
6 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors