---
type: "Bill"
title: "Rutledge, City of; residents 65 years of age or older; provide homestead exemption"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide a homestead exemption from City of Rutledge ad valorem taxes for municipal purposes in the amount of $10,000.00 of the assessed value of the homestead for residents of that city who are 65 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 888"
citation: "Georgia HB 888 (2013_14)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Doug Holt"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 13
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2014-01-31"
last_action: "2014-04-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e9fc2ff2-5e16-4e34-a45d-bf578827c5b0"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "fbd296f127964d1395710159170771f524d538ba8df37241effc65cd89255ef2"
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 888 (2013_14) — Rutledge, City of; residents 65 years of age or older; provide homestead exemption

A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide a homestead exemption from City of Rutledge ad valorem taxes for municipal purposes in the amount of $10,000.00 of the assessed value of the homestead for residents of that city who are 65 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 888/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/141372.pdf)
2. **LC 34 3964/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/138567.pdf)

## Votes

- Local Calendar — **155–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Doug Holt — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2014-01-31** House Hopper
- **2014-02-03** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2014-02-04** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2014-02-06** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2014-02-06** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2014-02-06** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2014-02-07** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2014-02-24** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2014-02-24** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2014-03-25** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2014-04-10** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2014-04-10** Act 379 `executive-signature`
- **2014-04-10** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e9fc2ff2-5e16-4e34-a45d-bf578827c5b0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).