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2025-2026 Regular Session

SB59

Bona Fide Conservation Use Property; a limitation on leased property; remove

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 remove a limitation on leased property as to certain entities; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date and applicability; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Legislative progress

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House committee substitute March 31, 2025 House committee reassignment April 4, 2025 House committee substitute February 18, 2026 Sent to Governor April 10, 2026 Vetoed May 12, 2026

Recorded floor votes

4 roll calls are available for this bill. This record includes procedural and intermediate action as well as substantive final votes.

February 19, 2025 · Senate

Motion To Engross: Sb 45, Sb 59, Sb 89, And Sr 56: Senate Vote #63

Passed

31 yea–21 nay · 1 not voting · 3 absent

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February 19, 2025 · Senate

Passage: Senate Vote #66

Passed ⭐ Substantive final action

50 yea–1 nay · 5 absent

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February 26, 2026 · House

Passage: House Vote #575

Passed ⭐ Substantive final action

154 yea–3 nay · 12 not voting · 8 absent

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March 12, 2026 · Senate

Agree To House Substitute: Senate Vote #715

Passed ⭐ Substantive final action

49 yea–0 nay · 3 not voting · 3 absent

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Committee referrals

January 30, 2025 · Senate

Finance

Instrument history

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This is the complete recorded action history in the current source package. Highlighted entries are marked as significant by the source. A roll-call link appears only when a vote-like action has one unambiguous same-day chamber vote.

  1. State Veto V9
  2. Senate Senate Date Vetoed by Governor
  3. Senate Senate Sent to Governor
  4. Senate Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
  5. House House Passed/Adopted By Substitute View roll call
  6. House House Third Readers
  7. House House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute
  8. House House Withdrawn, Recommitted
  9. House House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute
  10. House House Second Readers
  11. House House First Readers
  12. Senate Senate Passed/Adopted
  13. Senate Senate Third Read
  14. Senate Senate Engrossed
  15. Senate Senate Read Second Time
  16. Senate Senate Committee Favorably Reported
  17. Senate Senate Read and Referred
  18. Senate Senate Hopper
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