---
type: "Bill"
title: "Lamar County; school district ad valorem tax; $7,000 of assessed value of specified five-year phase-in period for residents 70 years or older; provide homestead exemption"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide a homestead exemption from Lamar County school district ad valorem taxes for educational purposes in the amount of $7,000.00 of the assessed value of the homestead after a specified five-year phase-in period for residents of that school district who are 70 years of age or older; 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 a referendum, effective dates, and automatic repeal; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2013_14"
identifier: "HB 294"
citation: "Georgia HB 294 (2013_14)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["David Knight", "Johnnie Caldwell, Jr."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 13
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2013-02-11"
last_action: "2013-04-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/273d7716-7a27-46c3-9c87-a7bc8c8311ee"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "744fc3252ae3ec24c0bf3e1adda9d7439c05a95646f67fb79de132620b77a8c6"
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 294 (2013_14) — Lamar County; school district ad valorem tax; $7,000 of assessed value of specified five-year phase-in period for residents 70 years or older; provide homestead exemption

A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide a homestead exemption from Lamar County school district ad valorem taxes for educational purposes in the amount of $7,000.00 of the assessed value of the homestead after a specified five-year phase-in period for residents of that school district who are 70 years of age or older; 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 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.

1. **HB 294/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/132170.pdf)
2. **LC 33 4852/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/130480.pdf)

## Votes

- Local Calendar Without HB 286 — **155–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- David Knight — primary (person)
- Johnnie Caldwell, Jr. — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2013-02-11** House Hopper
- **2013-02-12** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2013-02-13** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2013-02-14** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-02-14** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2013-02-14** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2013-02-19** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2013-02-22** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-02-22** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2013-04-02** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2013-04-24** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2013-04-24** Act 69 `executive-signature`
- **2013-04-24** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/273d7716-7a27-46c3-9c87-a7bc8c8311ee`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).