---
type: "Bill"
title: "Jackson County; school district ad valorem tax; require yearly income statements to tax commissioner to continue to receive exemption"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act providing a homestead exemption from Jackson County School District ad valorem taxes for educational purposes in the amount of $10,000.00 of the assessed value of the homestead for certain residents of that school district who are 62 years of age or over who have annual earned family incomes not exceeding $18,000.00, approved March 24, 1994 (Ga. L. 1994, p. 3758), as amended, so as to require yearly income statements to the tax commissioner to continue to receive the exemption; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date and for applicability; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2019_20"
identifier: "HB 1179"
citation: "Georgia HB 1179 (2019_20)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Houston Gaines", "Tommy Benton"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2020-06-15"
last_action: "2021-01-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/feb699dc-2b50-4419-901e-6ef9662dced0"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "9c118f593a75290c96bbff5edbf2ceaa45809c2c150b4a5780c6c258259e90a2"
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 1179 (2019_20) — Jackson County; school district ad valorem tax; require yearly income statements to tax commissioner to continue to receive exemption

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act providing a homestead exemption from Jackson County School District ad valorem taxes for educational purposes in the amount of $10,000.00 of the assessed value of the homestead for certain residents of that school district who are 62 years of age or over who have annual earned family incomes not exceeding $18,000.00, approved March 24, 1994 (Ga. L. 1994, p. 3758), as amended, so as to require yearly income statements to the tax commissioner to continue to receive the exemption; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date and for applicability; 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 1179/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/194873.pdf)
2. **LC 47 0468/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/193395.pdf)
3. **Local Ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/193502.pdf)

## Votes

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

## Sponsors

- Houston Gaines — primary (person)
- Tommy Benton — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-06-15** House Hopper
- **2020-06-15** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2020-06-16** 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`
- **2020-07-29** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2020-07-29** Act 529 `executive-signature`
- **2021-01-01** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/feb699dc-2b50-4419-901e-6ef9662dced0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).