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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Woodstock, City of; homestead exemption; provide residency requirement"
+description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act providing a homestead exemption from all City of Woodstock ad valorem taxes for city purposes for the full value of the homestead after a two-year phase-in period for certain residents of that city who are 62 years of age or older, approved April 13, 2001 (Ga. L. 2001, p. 3793), so as to provide for a residency requirement and grandfathering of certain residents; 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 1013"
+citation: "Georgia HB 1013 (2023_24)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Brad Thomas", "Charlice Byrd", "Don Parsons", "John Carson"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 15
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2024-01-24"
+last_action: "2024-02-19"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/79da5b0b-7541-46cc-aa40-219e911f9e33"
+source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
+source_hash: "359712eb7f4ed38da6b4742f260d30521920141544385e5ad11a068c1a44434d"
+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 1013 (2023_24) — Woodstock, City of; homestead exemption; provide residency requirement
+
+A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act providing a homestead exemption from all City of Woodstock ad valorem taxes for city purposes for the full value of the homestead after a two-year phase-in period for certain residents of that city who are 62 years of age or older, approved April 13, 2001 (Ga. L. 2001, p. 3793), so as to provide for a residency requirement and grandfathering of certain residents; 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 1013/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/223918.pdf)
+2. **LC 44 2549/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/221721.pdf)
+3. **LC 44 2675S/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/223277.pdf)
+4. **LC 44 2675S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/223276.pdf)
+5. **Local Ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/221789.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Senate Vote #491 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **45–0** (pass) · upper
+- House Vote #440 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **158–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Brad Thomas — primary (person)
+- Charlice Byrd — primary (person)
+- Don Parsons — primary (person)
+- John Carson — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2024-01-24** House Hopper `introduction`
+- **2024-01-25** House First Readers `reading-1`
+- **2024-01-26** House Second Readers `reading-2`
+- **2024-02-08** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2024-02-08** House Third Readers `reading-3`
+- **2024-02-08** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
+- **2024-02-08** House Immediately Transmitted to Senate
+- **2024-02-09** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
+- **2024-02-12** Senate Withdrawn & Recommitted `referral-committee, withdrawal`
+- **2024-02-13** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2024-02-13** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
+- **2024-02-19** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2024-02-19** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2024-02-19** Act 361 `executive-signature`
+- **2024-02-19** Effective Date
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/79da5b0b-7541-46cc-aa40-219e911f9e33`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
+