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Georgia · 2025-2026 Regular Session · Resolution

SR 56: Bona Fide Conservation Use Property; maximum acreage to qualify for assessment and taxation; increase -CA

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

SR 56 is a resolution introduced in the Georgia Senate on January 28, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Bona Fide Conservation Use Property; maximum acreage to qualify for assessment and taxation; increase -CA. Primary sponsor: Sam Watson (Republican), Billy Hickman (Republican), Russ Goodman (Republican), Lee Anderson (Republican), John F. Kennedy. Most recent recorded action (March 31, 2026): House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute.

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Official summary

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

A RESOLUTION proposing an amendment to the Constitution 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 the submission of this amendment for ratification or rejection; 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 Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute
  2. House Second Readers
  3. House First Readers
  4. Senate Passed/Adopted
  5. Senate Third Read
  6. Senate Engrossed
  7. Senate Read Second Time
  8. Senate Committee Favorably Reported
  9. Senate Read and Referred
  10. Senate Hopper

Sources

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