HB 169 Georgia House · 2025-2026 Regular Session

Ad valorem tax; breach of a covenant for bona fide conservation use related to solar generation of energy; limit exceptions

Summary
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 5 of Title 48 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions for ad valorem taxation of property, so as to limit exceptions to the breach of covenants for bona fide conservation use and forest land conservation use related to the solar generation of energy to existing contracts and to provide for applicability; to provide for sunsets; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2025
Committee Review
Mar 2026
House Passage
Feb 2025
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Jan 29, 2025 Last action Mar 25, 2026
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What changed between versions

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MINOR
The bill was amended to replace the original House Committee substitute text with a new committee substitute version, updating the bill's sponsor information to reflect current representatives. This change formalizes the legislative process by incorporating the committee's revised version of the bill before it proceeds to the next stage.
TECHNICAL

The committee substitute header was updated to reflect current bill sponsors (Representatives Cannon, Dickey, Corbett, O'Steen, Huddleston, and others) instead of the original committee offer language.

Floor votes · House Feb 27, 2025

How they voted

1410
Passed · 18 other
Total votes 159
Feb 27, 2025
D Democratic67
55 Yea 12
82% Yea
R Republican92
86 Yea 6
93% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
9
Key actions
3
Committee
3
Mar 25, 2026
Upper · Passed
Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute
upper
Feb 28, 2025
Committee
Senate Read and Referred
upper
Feb 27, 2025
Lower · Passed
House Passed/Adopted By Substitute
lower
Feb 19, 2025
Lower · Passed
House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute
lower
Jan 29, 2025
Introduced
House Hopper
lower
6 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors