---
type: "Bill"
title: "Haralson County; school district ad valorem tax; increase exemption"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act to provide a homestead exemption from Haralson County School District ad valorem taxes for educational purposes in the amount of $8,000.00 of the assessed value of the homestead for certain residents of that school district who have annual incomes not exceeding $10,000.00 and who are 65 years of age or over, approved April 9, 1999 (Ga. L. 1999, p. 4087), so as to increase the exemption to $14,000.00; 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 1221"
citation: "Georgia HB 1221 (2019_20)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kevin Cooke", "Trey Kelley"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2020-06-17"
last_action: "2020-06-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bb78822d-aa22-457b-8b68-f7d939cde91a"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "c8603df2344331f9a7f7c984d584ee377938b625c5f82df9d75938e7d054b098"
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 1221 (2019_20) — Haralson County; school district ad valorem tax; increase exemption

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act to provide a homestead exemption from Haralson County School District ad valorem taxes for educational purposes in the amount of $8,000.00 of the assessed value of the homestead for certain residents of that school district who have annual incomes not exceeding $10,000.00 and who are 65 years of age or over, approved April 9, 1999 (Ga. L. 1999, p. 4087), so as to increase the exemption to $14,000.00; 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 1221/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/195352.pdf)
2. **LC 47 0306/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/193773.pdf)
3. **Local Ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/193783.pdf)

## Votes

- Local Calendar — **151–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Kevin Cooke — primary (person)
- Trey Kelley — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-06-17** House Hopper
- **2020-06-18** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2020-06-19** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2020-06-23** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-06-23** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2020-06-23** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2020-06-24** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2020-06-25** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-06-25** 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 439 `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/bb78822d-aa22-457b-8b68-f7d939cde91a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).