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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Fulton County; ad valorem tax for educational purposes; provide homestead exemption"
+description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide for a new homestead exemption from Fulton County school district ad valorem taxes for educational purposes in the amount of $10,000.00 of the assessed value of the homestead for residents of that county who are older than 65 years of age; to provide for definitions; to specify the terms and conditions of the exemption and the procedures relating thereto; to provide for related matters; to provide for applicability; 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: "2021_22"
+identifier: "HB 1556"
+citation: "Georgia HB 1556 (2021_22)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Charles Martin", "David Dreyer", "Jan Jones", "Mary Robichaux", "Todd Jones", "Wes Cantrell"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 13
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2022-03-11"
+last_action: "2022-04-25"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9fd9ea24-a45c-4656-9896-e6b112eaceb4"
+source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
+source_hash: "8288877b8ba2d75cadea52400cf76d2c8035e96b122f16433df971e2f219e00e"
+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 1556 (2021_22) — Fulton County; ad valorem tax for educational purposes; provide homestead exemption
+
+A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide for a new homestead exemption from Fulton County school district ad valorem taxes for educational purposes in the amount of $10,000.00 of the assessed value of the homestead for residents of that county who are older than 65 years of age; to provide for definitions; to specify the terms and conditions of the exemption and the procedures relating thereto; to provide for related matters; to provide for applicability; 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 1556/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/211358.pdf)
+2. **LC 44 2019/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/209198.pdf)
+3. **Local Ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/209199.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Local Calendar — **153–2** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Charles Martin — primary (person)
+- David Dreyer — primary (person)
+- Jan Jones — primary (person)
+- Mary Robichaux — primary (person)
+- Todd Jones — primary (person)
+- Wes Cantrell — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2022-03-11** House Hopper
+- **2022-03-15** House First Readers `reading-1`
+- **2022-03-16** House Second Readers `reading-2`
+- **2022-03-25** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2022-03-25** House Third Readers `reading-3`
+- **2022-03-25** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
+- **2022-03-25** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
+- **2022-04-01** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2022-04-01** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
+- **2022-04-07** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2022-04-25** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2022-04-25** Act 677 `executive-signature`
+- **2022-04-25** Effective Date
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9fd9ea24-a45c-4656-9896-e6b112eaceb4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
+