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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Ad valorem tax; homestead exemption; clarify definition of disabled veteran"
+description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 48-5-48 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the homestead exemption for disabled veterans, so as to clarify the definition of disabled veteran; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
+legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
+session: "2015_16"
+identifier: "HB 862"
+citation: "Georgia HB 862 (2015_16)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Bill Hitchens", "Brett Harrell", "David Knight", "Jay Powell", "Penny Houston"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 19
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2016-01-27"
+last_action: "2016-05-03"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d2f0336e-ccaa-4338-a74b-f415eb7630b8"
+source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
+source_hash: "5f2e09c5006a7b1e3486fb8481b30d11bed7d215c26ec3e741fae7540b619758"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ga"]
+---
+
+# Georgia HB 862 (2015_16) — Ad valorem tax; homestead exemption; clarify definition of disabled veteran
+
+A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 48-5-48 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the homestead exemption for disabled veterans, so as to clarify the definition of disabled veteran; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **HB 862/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/162226.pdf)
+2. **LC 34 4766/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/155802.pdf)
+3. **LC 34 4802S/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/159275.pdf)
+4. **LC 34 4802S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/156692.pdf)
+5. **Sen ctee sub LC 34 4918S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/160755.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **172–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Bill Hitchens — primary (person)
+- Brett Harrell — primary (person)
+- David Knight — primary (person)
+- Jay Powell — primary (person)
+- Penny Houston — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2016-01-27** House Hopper
+- **2016-01-28** House First Readers `reading-1`
+- **2016-02-01** House Second Readers `reading-2`
+- **2016-02-04** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2016-02-29** House Third Readers `reading-3`
+- **2016-02-29** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
+- **2016-03-02** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
+- **2016-03-16** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2016-03-16** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
+- **2016-03-22** Senate Engrossed `passage`
+- **2016-03-22** Senate Tabled
+- **2016-03-24** Senate Taken from Table
+- **2016-03-24** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
+- **2016-03-24** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
+- **2016-03-24** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
+- **2016-04-01** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2016-05-03** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2016-05-03** Act 595 `executive-signature`
+- **2016-05-03** Effective Date
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d2f0336e-ccaa-4338-a74b-f415eb7630b8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
+