Parents and other back-to-school shoppers in Georgia won’t get the benefit of a sales-tax holiday this year after three attempts by lawmakers failed to pass in time to become law.

Since 2002, the sales-tax free weekend helped consumers save on apparel, footwear, school supplies and computers during a tax-free weekend. The tax holiday cost the state about $12 million in revenue, and a similar break usually scheduled in October for energy-efficient appliances and other items cost $500,000 in tax revenue.

John Heavener, president of the Georgia Retail Association, said he believes the state actually nets about $20 million during the sales tax breaks from salary, corporate and other tax revenue generated.

Members of the House of Representatives created three bills — HB 951, 952, and 953 — in an attempt to set a date for the tax-break weekends. HB 951 included dates for both the schools supply weekend and the appliances weekend. The other two bills aimed at creating the holidays individually.

All three failed to make it out of the house.

Had the bills passed, the weekend for the school-supply tax exemption would have July 29-Aug. 1 and the appliance weekend would have been Oct. 7-10.