---
type: "Bill"
title: "Spalding County; school district ad valorem tax; provide homestead exemption"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide for a homestead exemption from Spalding County school district ad valorem taxes for educational purposes in an amount equal to the amount by which the current year assessed value of a homestead exceeds the 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 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 1028"
citation: "Georgia HB 1028 (2017_18)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["David Knight", "Karen Mathiak"]
version_count: 0
action_count: 13
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2018-03-05"
last_action: "2018-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/07fbc42c-fc98-479b-bf34-343fc60c3c51"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "cd4a89373f36fcb888f5f45972cbaa91577a3f31213e3e9798c0b0a866962d5e"
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 1028 (2017_18) — Spalding County; school district ad valorem tax; provide homestead exemption

A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide for a homestead exemption from Spalding County school district ad valorem taxes for educational purposes in an amount equal to the amount by which the current year assessed value of a homestead exceeds the 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 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 — **156–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- David Knight — primary (person)
- Karen Mathiak — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-03-05** House Hopper
- **2018-03-07** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2018-03-09** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2018-03-14** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-14** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2018-03-14** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2018-03-15** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-19** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-19** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2018-04-04** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-05-08** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2018-05-08** Act 509 `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/07fbc42c-fc98-479b-bf34-343fc60c3c51`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).