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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Oconee County; ad valorem tax for educational purposes; repeal a homestead exemption"
+description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act to provide a homestead exemption from Oconee County School District ad valorem taxes for educational purposes in the amount of $10,000.00 of the assessed value of the homestead for the taxable year beginning on January 1, 1999, and $15,000.00 of the assessed value of the homestead for taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2000, for certain residents of that school district who have annual incomes not exceeding $15,000.00 and who are 65 years of age or over, approved March 27, 1998 (Ga. L. 1998, p. 3568), so as to repeal such exemption; 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 provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
+legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
+session: "2023_24"
+identifier: "HB 791"
+citation: "Georgia HB 791 (2023_24)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Houston Gaines", "Marcus Wiedower"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 13
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2023-03-20"
+last_action: "2023-04-27"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c8604e12-d05c-4d67-b3b6-7ad9c41026f9"
+source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
+source_hash: "60f31b18e27d596d80cd4e1734ab648ec58e72a872e77411adee0d20d6616ff7"
+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 791 (2023_24) — Oconee County; ad valorem tax for educational purposes; repeal a homestead exemption
+
+A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act to provide a homestead exemption from Oconee County School District ad valorem taxes for educational purposes in the amount of $10,000.00 of the assessed value of the homestead for the taxable year beginning on January 1, 1999, and $15,000.00 of the assessed value of the homestead for taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2000, for certain residents of that school district who have annual incomes not exceeding $15,000.00 and who are 65 years of age or over, approved March 27, 1998 (Ga. L. 1998, p. 3568), so as to repeal such exemption; 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 provide for related matters; 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 791/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/220040.pdf)
+2. **LC 47 2259/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/218543.pdf)
+3. **Local Ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/218754.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- House Vote #271 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **162–0** (pass) · lower
+- Senate Vote #338 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **52–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Houston Gaines — primary (person)
+- Marcus Wiedower — 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`
+- **2023-04-06** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2023-04-27** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2023-04-27** Act 47 `executive-signature`
+- **2023-04-27** Effective Date
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c8604e12-d05c-4d67-b3b6-7ad9c41026f9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
+