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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Coweta County; school district ad valorem tax; raise homestead exemption amounts"
+description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act providing a homestead exemption from Coweta County School District ad valorem taxes for educational purposes in the amount of $40,000.00 for residents of that school district who are 65 years of age but less than 71 years of age, $60,000.00 for residents of that school district who are 71 years of age but less than 75 years of age, and $80,000.00 for residents of that school district who are 75 years of age or older, approved January 17, 2002 (Ga. L. 2002, p. 3501), so as to raise the exemption amounts; to provide for related matters; 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 462"
+citation: "Georgia HB 462 (2019_20)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["David Stover", "Josh Bonner", "Lynn Smith", "Robert Trammell"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 13
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2019-02-25"
+last_action: "2019-05-07"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f24447cc-7a5e-43d9-8b33-552d56e5d86c"
+source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
+source_hash: "5a361fbaad60f5317956a14b949654a37515c6a81315f175bf75359636be94be"
+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 462 (2019_20) — Coweta County; school district ad valorem tax; raise homestead exemption amounts
+
+A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act providing a homestead exemption from Coweta County School District ad valorem taxes for educational purposes in the amount of $40,000.00 for residents of that school district who are 65 years of age but less than 71 years of age, $60,000.00 for residents of that school district who are 71 years of age but less than 75 years of age, and $80,000.00 for residents of that school district who are 75 years of age or older, approved January 17, 2002 (Ga. L. 2002, p. 3501), so as to raise the exemption amounts; to provide for related matters; 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 462/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/185051.pdf)
+2. **LC 44 1003/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/182629.pdf)
+3. **Local Ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/182682.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Supplemental Local Calendar — **155–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- David Stover — primary (person)
+- Josh Bonner — primary (person)
+- Lynn Smith — primary (person)
+- Robert Trammell — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2019-02-25** House Hopper
+- **2019-02-26** House First Readers `reading-1`
+- **2019-02-27** House Second Readers `reading-2`
+- **2019-03-05** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-03-05** House Third Readers `reading-3`
+- **2019-03-05** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
+- **2019-03-07** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
+- **2019-03-14** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-03-14** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
+- **2019-04-04** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2019-05-07** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2019-05-07** Act 292 `executive-signature`
+- **2019-05-07** Effective Date
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f24447cc-7a5e-43d9-8b33-552d56e5d86c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
+