---
type: "Bill"
title: "Villa Rica, City of; ad valorem tax; provide homestead exemption of $8000 for residents 65 and older"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide for a homestead exemption from City of Villa Rica ad valorem taxes for municipal purposes in the amount of $8,000.00 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: "2017_18"
identifier: "HB 272"
citation: "Georgia HB 272 (2017_18)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["J. Collins", "Kevin Cooke", "Lynn Smith", "Micah Gravley", "Randy Nix", "Roger Bruce"]
version_count: 0
action_count: 14
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2017-02-07"
last_action: "2017-02-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7d8a3aea-354d-4f4e-a2cc-989564a91e94"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "851814f9d93479411bae638a73645e12f90344495e93b7e01473eec792ef86c2"
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 272 (2017_18) — Villa Rica, City of; ad valorem tax; provide homestead exemption of $8000 for residents 65 and older

A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide for a homestead exemption from City of Villa Rica ad valorem taxes for municipal purposes in the amount of $8,000.00 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.


## Votes

- Local Calendar — **159–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- J. Collins — primary (person)
- Kevin Cooke — primary (person)
- Lynn Smith — primary (person)
- Micah Gravley — primary (person)
- Randy Nix — primary (person)
- Roger Bruce — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-07** House Hopper
- **2017-02-08** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2017-02-09** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2017-02-10** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-02-10** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2017-02-10** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2017-02-14** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-15** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-02-15** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2017-02-15** Senate Transmitted House
- **2017-02-20** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-02-20** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2017-02-20** Act 6 `executive-signature`
- **2017-02-20** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7d8a3aea-354d-4f4e-a2cc-989564a91e94`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).