Bona Fide Conservation Use Property; the maximum acreage to qualify for assessment and taxation; increase
Summary
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.
Bill status
passed
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2025
Committee Review
Feb 2025
Senate Passage
Feb 2025
House Passage
Governor
Introduced Jan 28, 2025
Last action Feb 21, 2025
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MINOR
The bill was amended during Senate passage to include a formal title indicating it has been approved by the Senate. This is a procedural change marking the bill's progression through the legislative process rather than a substantive policy modification.
TECHNICAL
Added the header 'AS PASSED SENATE' to indicate the bill has been approved by the Senate chamber, which is a standard procedural step in the legislative process.
Floor votes · Senate Feb 19, 2025
How they voted
50–2
Passed · 3 other
Total votes 55
Feb 19, 2025
D
Democratic22
86% Yea
R
Republican33
93% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
9
Key actions
3
Committee
2
Feb 19, 2025
Upper · Passed
Senate Passed/Adopted
upper
Feb 19, 2025
Upper · Passed
Senate Engrossed
upper
Feb 13, 2025
Upper · Passed
Senate Committee Favorably Reported
upper
Jan 29, 2025
Committee
Senate Read and Referred
upper
Jan 28, 2025
Introduced
Senate Hopper
upper
5 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Billy Hickman
RRepublican
P
John Kennedy
RRepublican
P
Lee Anderson
RRepublican
P
Russ Goodman
RRepublican
P
Sam Watson
RRepublican
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