---
type: "Bill"
title: "Johns Creek, City of; ad valorem tax; provide new homestead exemption"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide for a new homestead exemption from City of Johns Creek ad valorem taxes for municipal purposes in an amount equal to the amount by which the current year assessed value of a homestead exceeds the adjusted base year assessed value of such homestead; to provide for definitions; to specify the terms and conditions of the exemption and the procedures relating thereto; to provide for related matters; to provide for applicability; to provide for a referendum, effective dates, and automatic repeal; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2017_18"
identifier: "HB 708"
citation: "Georgia HB 708 (2017_18)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brad Raffensperger", "Charles Martin", "Scott Hilton", "Todd Jones", "Wendell Willard"]
version_count: 0
action_count: 16
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2018-01-19"
last_action: "2018-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f7c6b675-6e4b-4ad9-b644-7ce0857684c4"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "ee26436645680a192efb3990162142c2fdaa6035d6888cab275c5d6d73c86380"
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 708 (2017_18) — Johns Creek, City of; ad valorem tax; provide new homestead exemption

A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide for a new homestead exemption from City of Johns Creek ad valorem taxes for municipal purposes in an amount equal to the amount by which the current year assessed value of a homestead exceeds the adjusted base year assessed value of such homestead; to provide for definitions; to specify the terms and conditions of the exemption and the procedures relating thereto; to provide for related matters; to provide for applicability; to provide for a referendum, effective dates, and automatic repeal; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.


## Votes

- Local Calendar — **107–50** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Brad Raffensperger — primary (person)
- Charles Martin — primary (person)
- Scott Hilton — primary (person)
- Todd Jones — primary (person)
- Wendell Willard — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2018-01-19** House Hopper
- **2018-01-22** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2018-01-23** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2018-02-14** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-14** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2018-02-14** House Third Reading Lost `reading-3, failure`
- **2018-02-14** House Notice to Reconsider
- **2018-02-15** House Reconsidered
- **2018-02-28** House Passed/Adopted Reconsidered Bill/Resolution By Substitute
- **2018-03-01** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-07** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-07** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2018-04-02** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-05-08** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2018-05-08** Act 487 `executive-signature`
- **2018-05-08** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f7c6b675-6e4b-4ad9-b644-7ce0857684c4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).