---
type: "Bill"
title: "Fayette County; school district ad valorem tax; provide new homestead exemption"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide for a new homestead exemption from Fayette 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 adjusted 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 related matters; to provide for applicability; to provide for compliance with constitutional requirements; 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: "2019_20"
identifier: "HB 1166"
citation: "Georgia HB 1166 (2019_20)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Josh Bonner", "Karen Mathiak", "Philip Singleton"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2020-03-12"
last_action: "2020-06-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4baa643b-2fac-4a94-852f-fe03c8ea4db2"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "853b54e93a93376d3174b789a0f637e9130d533bd3f9456eb0696f53ff8b01cf"
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 1166 (2019_20) — Fayette County; school district ad valorem tax; provide new homestead exemption

A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide for a new homestead exemption from Fayette 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 adjusted 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 related matters; to provide for applicability; to provide for compliance with constitutional requirements; 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 1166/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/194858.pdf)
2. **LC 44 1483/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/193097.pdf)
3. **Local Ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/193203.pdf)

## Votes

- Local Calendar — **156–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Josh Bonner — primary (person)
- Karen Mathiak — primary (person)
- Philip Singleton — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-03-12** House Hopper
- **2020-03-13** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2020-06-15** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2020-06-19** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-06-19** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2020-06-19** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2020-06-20** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2020-06-24** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-06-24** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2020-06-29** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2020-06-30** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2020-06-30** Act 425 `executive-signature`
- **2020-06-30** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4baa643b-2fac-4a94-852f-fe03c8ea4db2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).