---
type: "Bill"
title: "Fulton County; ad valorem tax; provide new homestead exemption"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide for a new homestead exemption from Fulton County ad valorem taxes for county purposes in the amount of $60,000.00 of the assessed value of the homestead for residents of that county who are older than 65 years of age; 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 1064"
citation: "Georgia HB 1064 (2017_18)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Betty Price", "Brad Raffensperger", "Charles Martin", "Deborah Silcox", "Jan Jones"]
version_count: 0
action_count: 14
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2018-03-19"
last_action: "2018-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9b9b2e04-27df-4efc-b932-78b96fc50965"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "c3f71557aec624758a7c2b42500e7f5b31b05b7d8e4a6bda4eecf2da780d4881"
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 1064 (2017_18) — Fulton County; ad valorem tax; provide new homestead exemption

A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide for a new homestead exemption from Fulton County ad valorem taxes for county purposes in the amount of $60,000.00 of the assessed value of the homestead for residents of that county who are older than 65 years of age; 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 — **155–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Betty Price — primary (person)
- Brad Raffensperger — primary (person)
- Charles Martin — primary (person)
- Deborah Silcox — primary (person)
- Jan Jones — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-03-19** House Hopper
- **2018-03-19** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2018-03-21** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2018-03-23** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-23** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2018-03-23** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2018-03-23** House Immediately Transmitted to Senate
- **2018-03-23** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-29** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-29** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2018-04-03** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-05-08** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2018-05-08** Act 529 `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/9b9b2e04-27df-4efc-b932-78b96fc50965`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).