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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Hiram, City of; ad valorem tax; residents 65 years of age or older; provide homestead exemption"
+description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide for a homestead exemption from City of Hiram ad valorem taxes for municipal purposes in the amount of $55,000.00 of the assessed value of the homestead for residents of that city who are 65 years of age or older; to provide for definitions; to specify the terms and conditions of the exemption and the procedures relating thereto; to provide for applicability; to provide for a referendum, effective dates, and automatic repeal; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
+legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
+session: "2017_18"
+identifier: "HB 445"
+citation: "Georgia HB 445 (2017_18)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Howard Maxwell", "Kimberly Alexander", "Micah Gravley", "Paulette Rakestraw"]
+version_count: 0
+action_count: 13
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2017-02-21"
+last_action: "2017-05-02"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/820d7984-92de-4231-8b20-1fa92af1c12f"
+source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
+source_hash: "fdc88479482eecc8032565188746f5dd9a9e446ede07c9e252925fde198ef4c5"
+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 445 (2017_18) — Hiram, City of; ad valorem tax; residents 65 years of age or older; provide homestead exemption
+
+A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide for a homestead exemption from City of Hiram ad valorem taxes for municipal purposes in the amount of $55,000.00 of the assessed value of the homestead for residents of that city who are 65 years of age or older; to provide for definitions; to specify the terms and conditions of the exemption and the procedures relating thereto; to provide for applicability; to provide for a referendum, effective dates, and automatic repeal; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+
+## Votes
+
+- Local Calendar — **158–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Howard Maxwell — primary (person)
+- Kimberly Alexander — primary (person)
+- Micah Gravley — primary (person)
+- Paulette Rakestraw — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2017-02-21** House Hopper
+- **2017-02-22** House First Readers `reading-1`
+- **2017-02-23** House Second Readers `reading-2`
+- **2017-02-27** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2017-02-27** House Third Readers `reading-3`
+- **2017-02-27** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
+- **2017-02-28** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
+- **2017-03-28** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2017-03-28** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
+- **2017-04-04** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2017-05-02** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2017-05-02** Act 104 `executive-signature`
+- **2017-05-02** Effective Date
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/820d7984-92de-4231-8b20-1fa92af1c12f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
+