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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Morrow, City of; ad valorem tax for city purposes; provide for a nonbinding advisory referendum"
+description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide for a nonbinding advisory referendum for the purpose of ascertaining whether the governing authority of the City of Morrow should seek a reduction in the $60,000.00 homestead exemption from City of Morrow ad valorem taxes for city purposes; to provide for legislative purposes and findings; to provide for procedures and requirements relating thereto; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
+legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
+session: "2019_20"
+identifier: "HB 358"
+citation: "Georgia HB 358 (2019_20)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Kim Schofield", "Mike Glanton", "Rhonda Burnough", "Sandra Scott", "Valencia Stovall"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 13
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2019-02-19"
+last_action: "2019-04-30"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ca23ead5-0ca3-4b67-ba48-73f132414f7f"
+source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
+source_hash: "6cb2ad1eddfb2c01ac964c667fa592b3bfc9f1db2ebb28595c58e3da87191358"
+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 358 (2019_20) — Morrow, City of; ad valorem tax for city purposes; provide for a nonbinding advisory referendum
+
+A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide for a nonbinding advisory referendum for the purpose of ascertaining whether the governing authority of the City of Morrow should seek a reduction in the $60,000.00 homestead exemption from City of Morrow ad valorem taxes for city purposes; to provide for legislative purposes and findings; to provide for procedures and requirements relating thereto; 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 358/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/186298.pdf)
+2. **LC 44 0966/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/181810.pdf)
+3. **Local Ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/181848.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Local Calendar — **157–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Kim Schofield — primary (person)
+- Mike Glanton — primary (person)
+- Rhonda Burnough — primary (person)
+- Sandra Scott — primary (person)
+- Valencia Stovall — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2019-02-19** House Hopper
+- **2019-02-20** House First Readers `reading-1`
+- **2019-02-21** House Second Readers `reading-2`
+- **2019-02-22** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-02-22** House Third Readers `reading-3`
+- **2019-02-22** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
+- **2019-02-25** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
+- **2019-03-26** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-03-26** 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 112 `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/ca23ead5-0ca3-4b67-ba48-73f132414f7f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
+