Leader presents House resolution to raise CUVA acreage cap from 2,000 to 4,000 acres

A legislative leader addressed the Georgia Senate Rules Committee on March 11, 2025, to present House Resolution 32, a proposed constitutional amendment to raise the acreage limit under the state’s Conservation Use Valuation Assessment (CUVA) from 2,000 to 4,000 acres.

The leader told senators the House language is substantively the same as an earlier Senate resolution carried by Senator Sam Watson but that a minor punctuation difference had been removed out of caution. "House resolution 32 is a constitutional amendment to increase the cap on CUVA, acreage from 2,000 to 4,000 acres," the leader said, adding that the ballot language otherwise matches the Senate version.

Committee members discussed procedural timing for committee reports and second reading; the leader reminded members that when a bill is reported out of committee it is typically placed on second reading the next legislative day. Senators asked procedural questions about committee handling and whether members should return to the chamber for presentations; the leader said the bills had come out of committee the day before and that members could choose to return but were not required to do so.

No committee vote on the constitutional amendment was recorded in the transcript of the Rules Committee meeting; the leader and other senators noted coordination with the Senate sponsor and that the House had made a small drafting adjustment while leaving ballot language unchanged.