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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Decatur, City of; ad valorem tax; homestead exemption; increase assessed value"
+description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act providing a homestead exemption from City of Decatur ad valorem taxes for certain residents of said city, approved April 26, 2016 (Ga. L. 2016, p. 3636), so as to increase to $25,000.00 the amount of the assessed value of the homestead for residents of such city who are 62 years of age or older and whose income does not exceed $60,000.00; 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 635"
+citation: "Georgia HB 635 (2023_24)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Becky Evans", "Karla Drenner", "Mary Oliver", "Omari Crawford"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 13
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2023-02-28"
+last_action: "2023-05-01"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2c5b7e50-7eff-4b35-a9b4-7bc3f6357d5c"
+source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
+source_hash: "f31ef13ec2644b43df2e26e873bcded7f300c03ee9dc4b583196c61e4c5d4202"
+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 635 (2023_24) — Decatur, City of; ad valorem tax; homestead exemption; increase assessed value
+
+A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act providing a homestead exemption from City of Decatur ad valorem taxes for certain residents of said city, approved April 26, 2016 (Ga. L. 2016, p. 3636), so as to increase to $25,000.00 the amount of the assessed value of the homestead for residents of such city who are 62 years of age or older and whose income does not exceed $60,000.00; 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 635/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/218050.pdf)
+2. **LC 46 0516/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/216419.pdf)
+3. **Local Ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/216431.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Senate Vote #232 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **49–0** (pass) · upper
+- House Vote #219 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **157–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Becky Evans — primary (person)
+- Karla Drenner — primary (person)
+- Mary Oliver — primary (person)
+- Omari Crawford — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-02-28** House Hopper `introduction`
+- **2023-03-01** House First Readers `reading-1`
+- **2023-03-02** House Second Readers `reading-2`
+- **2023-03-09** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-03-09** House Third Readers `reading-3`
+- **2023-03-09** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
+- **2023-03-13** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
+- **2023-03-15** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-03-15** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
+- **2023-03-30** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2023-05-01** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2023-05-01** Act 166 `executive-signature`
+- **2023-05-01** Effective Date
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2c5b7e50-7eff-4b35-a9b4-7bc3f6357d5c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
+