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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Jackson County; school district ad valorem tax for educational purposes in the amount of $10,000.00; provide homestead exemption"
+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 increase the amounts and income limit of such homestead exemptions; to provide for compliance with constitutional requirements; to provide for a referendum, effective dates, automatic repeal, mandatory execution of election, and judicial remedies regarding failure to comply; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
+legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
+session: "2023_24"
+identifier: "HB 1004"
+citation: "Georgia HB 1004 (2023_24)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Chris Erwin", "Emory Dunahoo", "Holt Persinger", "Houston Gaines"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 12
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2024-01-23"
+last_action: "2024-04-22"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/973492e8-9298-4ae9-8a27-f3f93fa2fa7b"
+source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
+source_hash: "bc97ddb06fcc74aa8f7d6d2c65fc39c1fd70deb35823ee9278aa046cd9dd44ed"
+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 1004 (2023_24) — Jackson County; school district ad valorem tax for educational purposes in the amount of $10,000.00; provide homestead exemption
+
+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 increase the amounts and income limit of such homestead exemptions; to provide for compliance with constitutional requirements; to provide for a referendum, effective dates, automatic repeal, mandatory execution of election, and judicial remedies regarding failure to comply; 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 1004/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/223301.pdf)
+2. **LC 44 2480/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/221571.pdf)
+3. **Local Ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/221607.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Senate Vote #476 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **48–1** (pass) · upper
+- House Vote #423 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **164–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Chris Erwin — primary (person)
+- Emory Dunahoo — primary (person)
+- Holt Persinger — primary (person)
+- Houston Gaines — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2024-01-23** House Hopper `introduction`
+- **2024-01-24** House First Readers `reading-1`
+- **2024-01-25** House Second Readers `reading-2`
+- **2024-02-01** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2024-02-01** House Third Readers `reading-3`
+- **2024-02-01** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
+- **2024-02-06** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
+- **2024-02-08** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2024-02-08** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
+- **2024-04-01** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2024-04-22** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2024-04-22** Act 445 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/973492e8-9298-4ae9-8a27-f3f93fa2fa7b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
+