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Georgia · 2025-2026 Regular Session · Bill

SB 45: Bona Fide Conservation Use Property; the maximum acreage to qualify for assessment and taxation; increase

Passed one chamber Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

SB 45 is a bill introduced in the Georgia Senate on January 28, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Bona Fide Conservation Use Property; the maximum acreage to qualify for assessment and taxation; increase. Primary sponsor: Sam Watson (Republican), Billy Hickman (Republican), Russ Goodman (Republican), Lee Anderson (Republican), John F. Kennedy. Most recent recorded action (February 21, 2025): House Second Readers.

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Official summary

Abstract published by the legislature (via Open States). Text as published by the legislature; reproduced verbatim.

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.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Republican 4

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Sam WatsonPrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate11
Billy HickmanPrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate4
Russ GoodmanPrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate8
Lee AndersonPrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate24
John F. KennedyPrimary sponsorNot applicable (committee)——

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. House Second Readers
  2. House First Readers
  3. Senate Passed/Adopted
  4. Senate Third Read
  5. Senate Engrossed
  6. Senate Read Second Time
  7. Senate Committee Favorably Reported
  8. Senate Read and Referred
  9. Senate Hopper

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source