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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Jackson County; school district ad valorem tax; change net income limitation"
+description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act providing a homestead exemption from Jackson County School District ad valorem taxes for educational purposes in the amount of $10,000.00 of the assessed value of the homestead for certain residents of that school district who are senior citizens who have annual earned family incomes not exceeding $18,000.00, approved March 24, 1994 (Ga. L. 1994, p. 3758), as amended, so as to change the net income limitation for receiving such exemptions from $18,000.00 to $25,000.00, not including certain retirement income; to provide for a referendum, effective dates, and automatic repeal; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
+legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
+session: "2019_20"
+identifier: "HB 164"
+citation: "Georgia HB 164 (2019_20)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Houston Gaines", "Tommy Benton"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 13
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2019-02-06"
+last_action: "2019-04-30"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2b085375-9e9e-44e0-98a2-0be3b1c177f6"
+source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
+source_hash: "858f03caf86dc21dacd288e8cd166bca23f0908ea2791c11e162f2afbbc9017c"
+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 164 (2019_20) — Jackson County; school district ad valorem tax; change net income limitation
+
+A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act providing a homestead exemption from Jackson County School District ad valorem taxes for educational purposes in the amount of $10,000.00 of the assessed value of the homestead for certain residents of that school district who are senior citizens who have annual earned family incomes not exceeding $18,000.00, approved March 24, 1994 (Ga. L. 1994, p. 3758), as amended, so as to change the net income limitation for receiving such exemptions from $18,000.00 to $25,000.00, not including certain retirement income; to provide for a referendum, effective dates, and automatic repeal; to provide for an effective date; 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 164/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/182817.pdf)
+2. **LC 28 8947/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/180551.pdf)
+3. **Local Ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/180589.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Local Calendar Without — **156–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Houston Gaines — primary (person)
+- Tommy Benton — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2019-02-06** House Hopper
+- **2019-02-07** House First Readers `reading-1`
+- **2019-02-08** House Second Readers `reading-2`
+- **2019-02-13** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-02-13** House Third Readers `reading-3`
+- **2019-02-13** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
+- **2019-02-14** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
+- **2019-02-25** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-02-25** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
+- **2019-04-04** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2019-04-30** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2019-04-30** Act 101 `executive-signature`
+- **2019-04-30** Effective Date
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2b085375-9e9e-44e0-98a2-0be3b1c177f6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
+