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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Haralson County; school district ad valorem tax; increase exemption"
+description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act to provide a homestead exemption from Haralson County School District ad valorem taxes for educational purposes in the amount of $8,000.00 of the assessed value of the homestead for certain residents of that school district who have annual incomes not exceeding $10,000.00 and who are 65 years of age or over, approved April 9, 1999 (Ga. L. 1999, p. 4087), so as to increase the exemption to $14,000.00; to provide for compliance with constitutional requirements; 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: "2019_20"
+identifier: "HB 1221"
+citation: "Georgia HB 1221 (2019_20)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Kevin Cooke", "Trey Kelley"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 13
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2020-06-17"
+last_action: "2020-06-30"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bb78822d-aa22-457b-8b68-f7d939cde91a"
+source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
+source_hash: "c8603df2344331f9a7f7c984d584ee377938b625c5f82df9d75938e7d054b098"
+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 1221 (2019_20) — Haralson County; school district ad valorem tax; increase exemption
+
+A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act to provide a homestead exemption from Haralson County School District ad valorem taxes for educational purposes in the amount of $8,000.00 of the assessed value of the homestead for certain residents of that school district who have annual incomes not exceeding $10,000.00 and who are 65 years of age or over, approved April 9, 1999 (Ga. L. 1999, p. 4087), so as to increase the exemption to $14,000.00; to provide for compliance with constitutional requirements; 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.
+
+1. **HB 1221/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/195352.pdf)
+2. **LC 47 0306/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/193773.pdf)
+3. **Local Ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/193783.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Local Calendar — **151–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Kevin Cooke — primary (person)
+- Trey Kelley — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2020-06-17** House Hopper
+- **2020-06-18** House First Readers `reading-1`
+- **2020-06-19** House Second Readers `reading-2`
+- **2020-06-23** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2020-06-23** House Third Readers `reading-3`
+- **2020-06-23** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
+- **2020-06-24** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
+- **2020-06-25** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2020-06-25** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
+- **2020-06-29** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2020-06-30** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2020-06-30** Act 439 `executive-signature`
+- **2020-06-30** Effective Date
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bb78822d-aa22-457b-8b68-f7d939cde91a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
+