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.
Page numbering and formatting were adjusted to reflect standard legislative document structure.
Floor votes · Senate Mar 27, 2026 · House Mar 3, 2025
How they voted
44–0
Passed · 3 other
Total votes 47
Mar 27, 2026
D
Democratic18
88% Yea
R
Republican29
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
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