---
type: "Bill"
title: "Jackson County; school district ad valorem tax; change net income limitation"
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 senior citizens 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 change the net income limitation for receiving such exemptions from $18,000.00 to $25,000.00, not including certain retirement income; to provide for a referendum, effective dates, and automatic repeal; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2019_20"
identifier: "HB 164"
citation: "Georgia HB 164 (2019_20)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Houston Gaines", "Tommy Benton"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2019-02-06"
last_action: "2019-04-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2b085375-9e9e-44e0-98a2-0be3b1c177f6"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "858f03caf86dc21dacd288e8cd166bca23f0908ea2791c11e162f2afbbc9017c"
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 164 (2019_20) — Jackson County; school district ad valorem tax; change net income limitation

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 senior citizens 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 change the net income limitation for receiving such exemptions from $18,000.00 to $25,000.00, not including certain retirement income; to provide for a referendum, effective dates, and automatic repeal; to provide for an effective date; 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 164/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/182817.pdf)
2. **LC 28 8947/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/180551.pdf)
3. **Local Ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/180589.pdf)

## Votes

- Local Calendar Without — **156–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

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

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-06** House Hopper
- **2019-02-07** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2019-02-08** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2019-02-13** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-13** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2019-02-13** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2019-02-14** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-25** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-25** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2019-04-04** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-04-30** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-04-30** Act 101 `executive-signature`
- **2019-04-30** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2b085375-9e9e-44e0-98a2-0be3b1c177f6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).