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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Cohutta, City of; ad valorem tax; municipal purposes; provide new homestead exemption"
+description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide for a new homestead exemption from City of Cohutta ad valorem taxes for municipal purposes in the amount of $60,000.00 for each resident of the City of Cohutta who is 65 years of age or older and whose income does not exceed $40,000.00; to provide for definitions; to specify the terms and conditions of the exemption and the procedures relating thereto; to provide for applicability; to provide for related matters; to provide for compliance with constitutional requirements; to provide for a referendum, effective dates, and 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 751"
+citation: "Georgia HB 751 (2023_24)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Jason Ridley", "Kasey Carpenter", "Steve Tarvin"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 13
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2023-03-20"
+last_action: "2023-05-03"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a885a9e9-01f9-458c-a782-6277e29d3314"
+source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
+source_hash: "8eff7b4383614a4e2b05c144a0eea8f97e9aa95196266491c2d841e37c688fa0"
+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 751 (2023_24) — Cohutta, City of; ad valorem tax; municipal purposes; provide new homestead exemption
+
+A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide for a new homestead exemption from City of Cohutta ad valorem taxes for municipal purposes in the amount of $60,000.00 for each resident of the City of Cohutta who is 65 years of age or older and whose income does not exceed $40,000.00; to provide for definitions; to specify the terms and conditions of the exemption and the procedures relating thereto; to provide for applicability; to provide for related matters; to provide for compliance with constitutional requirements; to provide for a referendum, effective dates, and 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 751/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/220027.pdf)
+2. **LC 44 2347/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/218480.pdf)
+3. **Local Ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/218717.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Senate Vote #338 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **52–0** (pass) · upper
+- House Vote #271 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **162–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Jason Ridley — primary (person)
+- Kasey Carpenter — primary (person)
+- Steve Tarvin — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-03-20** House Hopper `introduction`
+- **2023-03-20** House First Readers `reading-1`
+- **2023-03-21** House Second Readers `reading-2`
+- **2023-03-23** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-03-23** House Third Readers `reading-3`
+- **2023-03-23** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
+- **2023-03-23** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
+- **2023-03-27** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-03-29** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
+- **2023-04-03** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2023-05-03** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2023-05-03** Act 310 `executive-signature`
+- **2023-05-03** Effective Date
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a885a9e9-01f9-458c-a782-6277e29d3314`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
+