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+type: "Bill"
+title: "DeKalb County Ad Valorem Taxes; homestead exemption; county purposes; tolling provision regarding exemption; remove"
+description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act providing for a homestead exemption from certain DeKalb County ad valorem taxes for county purposes in an amount equal to the amount by which the current year assessed value of a homestead exceeds the base year assessed value of such homestead, approved May 5, 2006 (Ga. L. 2006, p. 4636), as amended, particularly by an Act approved May 12, 2015 (Ga. L. 2015, p. 4057), so as to remove the tolling provision regarding such exemption; 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: "SB 143"
+citation: "Georgia SB 143 (2017_18)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Elena Parent", "Emanuel Jones", "Gail Davenport", "Gloria Butler", "Steve Henson", "Tonya Anderson"]
+version_count: 0
+action_count: 15
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2017-02-08"
+last_action: "2017-05-02"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d8b4e897-050b-412a-b28d-cc5db6130dac"
+source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
+source_hash: "6a12f5c7aaaa36c7b63bb6fe1505ca5725ec09727ac8d9e720eb10632247e5de"
+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 SB 143 (2017_18) — DeKalb County Ad Valorem Taxes; homestead exemption; county purposes; tolling provision regarding exemption; remove
+
+A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act providing for a homestead exemption from certain DeKalb County ad valorem taxes for county purposes in an amount equal to the amount by which the current year assessed value of a homestead exceeds the base year assessed value of such homestead, approved May 5, 2006 (Ga. L. 2006, p. 4636), as amended, particularly by an Act approved May 12, 2015 (Ga. L. 2015, p. 4057), so as to remove the tolling provision regarding such exemption; 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 CONSENT CALENDAR — **51–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Elena Parent — primary (person)
+- Emanuel Jones — primary (person)
+- Gail Davenport — primary (person)
+- Gloria Butler — primary (person)
+- Steve Henson — primary (person)
+- Tonya Anderson — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2017-02-08** Senate Hopper
+- **2017-02-09** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
+- **2017-03-01** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2017-03-01** Senate Recommitted `referral-committee`
+- **2017-03-03** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2017-03-03** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
+- **2017-03-06** House First Readers `reading-1`
+- **2017-03-09** House Second Readers `reading-2`
+- **2017-03-13** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2017-03-13** House Third Readers `reading-3`
+- **2017-03-13** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
+- **2017-04-03** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2017-05-02** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2017-05-02** Act 73 `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/d8b4e897-050b-412a-b28d-cc5db6130dac`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
+