Bona Fide Conservation Use Property; impending expiration to be sent via certified mail; require notices
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Officially: “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...” Read the full text
2025-2026 regular session
What it does
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
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Where it is
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Senate Hopper · Feb 27, 2025
Senate Read and Referred · Feb 28, 2025
Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute · Feb 26, 2026
Senate Read Second Time · Mar 3, 2026
Senate Engrossed · Mar 4, 2026
Senate Third Read · Mar 4, 2026
Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute · Mar 4, 2026
House First Readers · Mar 6, 2026
House Second Readers · Mar 9, 2026
House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute · Mar 20, 2026
House Third Readers · Mar 25, 2026
House Passed/Adopted By Substitute · Mar 25, 2026
Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub · Apr 2, 2026
Senate Sent to Governor · Apr 10, 2026
Senate Date Signed by Governor · May 6, 2026
Act 431 · May 6, 2026
Effective Date · May 6, 2026
The numbers
2
sponsors on the bill
Sponsors
Recorded votes
AGREE TO HOUSE SUBSTITUTESenate · 2026-04-02 · yea 52, nay 0, notVoting 3, excused 1
PASSAGEHouse · 2026-03-25 · yea 158, nay 9, notVoting 7, excused 6
PASSAGE BY SUBSTITUTESenate · 2026-03-04 · yea 49, nay 0, notVoting 4, excused 3
Roll-call results shown verbatim from the Georgia legislature’s records. A result reflects that roll call’s own motion, not the bill’s overall outcome.
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