# Georgia HR 32: General Assembly; increase maximum acreage to qualify for assessment and taxation as a bona fide conservation use property - CA

Georgia HR 32, General Assembly; increase maximum acreage to qualify for assessment and taxation as a bona fide conservation use property - CA, is a 2025-2026 Regular Session House bill sponsored by Debbie Buckner (Democrat), Robert Dickey (Republican), Chuck Efstration (Republican) and 1 others; status signed, last action 2025-05-14 (House Date Signed by Governor); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-10-12).

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## Facts
- Bill: Georgia HR 32
- State: Georgia
- Session: 2025-2026 Regular Session
- Title: General Assembly; increase maximum acreage to qualify for assessment and taxation as a bona fide conservation use property - CA
- Status: signed
- Chamber: House
- Introduced: 2025-01-16
- Last action: 2025-05-14, House Date Signed by Governor
- Sponsors: Debbie Buckner (Democrat), Robert Dickey (Republican), Chuck Efstration (Republican), Leesa Hagan (Republican)
- Cosponsors: 1
- Subjects: Ways & Means, Finance, CA
- Touches household money: yes
- Roll calls: 3 (247 yes, 29 no in all)
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 1

## Summary

No summary available.

## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read

- More land qualifies for property-tax relief: mixed, high. Georgia raises the conservation-use tax assessment limit for qualifying farm and timber land from 2,000 to 4,000 acres per owner. This allows more acreage to receive potentially lower property-tax assessments, but 4,000 acres remains the cap. The law also covers up to 5 acres of private, single-fam…

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: Debbie Buckner (Democrat), House
- Sponsor: Robert Dickey (Republican), House
- Sponsor: Chuck Efstration (Republican), House
- Sponsor: Leesa Hagan (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Sam Watson (Republican), Senate

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2025-03-18 | Senate | MOTION TO ENGROSS: HB 90, HB 223, HR 32 | pass | 29 | 23 | 1 |
| 2025-03-18 | Senate | ADOPTION OF CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT | pass | 50 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025-03-03 | House | ADOPT | pass | 168 | 5 | 1 |

## Actions (22)

- 2025-05-14: House Date Signed by Governor (House)
- 2025-05-14: Act 363
- 2025-05-14: Effective Date
- 2025-04-07: House Sent to Governor (House)
- 2025-03-18: Senate Engrossed (Senate)
- 2025-03-18: Senate Third Read (Senate)
- 2025-03-18: Senate Passed/Adopted (Senate)
- 2025-03-13: Senate Read Second Time (Senate)
- 2025-03-11: Senate Committee Favorably Reported (Senate)
- 2025-03-04: Senate Read and Referred (Senate)
- 2025-03-03: House Third Readers (House)
- 2025-03-03: House Passed/Adopted By Substitute (House)
- 2025-02-28: House Postponed (House)
- 2025-02-27: House Postponed (House)
- 2025-02-26: House Postponed (House)
- 2025-02-24: House Postponed (House)
- 2025-02-21: House Postponed (House)
- 2025-02-20: House Postponed (House)
- 2025-02-12: House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute (House)
- 2025-01-27: House Second Readers (House)
- 2025-01-17: House First Readers (House)
- 2025-01-16: House Hopper (House)

## Bill text

- HR 32/AP* (v7): [PDF](https://www.legis.ga.gov/api/legislation/document/20252026/236234)

## Related bills

- SB 160: Reckless Stunt Driving; a motor vehicle involved in a second offense of reckless stunt driving; replace the forfeiture penalty (signed)
- SB 384: Motor Vehicle; optional five-year motor vehicle registration and revalidation for certain motor vehicles; provide (signed)
- SB 76: License Plates; specialty license plate benefitting the Georgia Veterans Service Foundation; establish (signed)
- SB 406: "Georgia Property Owners' Bill of Rights Act"; enact (signed)
- HB 1391: Specialty license plates; honor public safety officers; establish (signed)
- HB 1344: Georgia Insurance Affordability and Claims Integrity Act; enact (signed)

## Sources
- [HR 32/AP* (v7) (PDF)](https://www.legis.ga.gov/api/legislation/document/20252026/236234)

## Related
- [SB 160: Reckless Stunt Driving; a motor vehicle involved in a second offense of reckles…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/GA-SB160-2025-2026)
- [SB 384: Motor Vehicle; optional five-year motor vehicle registration and revalidation f…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/GA-SB384-2025-2026)
- [SB 76: License Plates; specialty license plate benefitting the Georgia Veterans Servic…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/GA-SB76-2025-2026)
- [SB 406: "Georgia Property Owners' Bill of Rights Act"; enact](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/GA-SB406-2025-2026)
- [HB 1391: Specialty license plates; honor public safety officers; establish](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/GA-HB1391-2025-2026)
- [HB 1344: Georgia Insurance Affordability and Claims Integrity Act; enact](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/GA-HB1344-2025-2026)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/GA-HR32-2025-2026 (as of 2026-10-12).