---
type: "Bill"
title: "Morrow, City of; ad valorem tax for city purposes; provide for a nonbinding advisory referendum"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide for a nonbinding advisory referendum for the purpose of ascertaining whether the governing authority of the City of Morrow should seek a reduction in the $60,000.00 homestead exemption from City of Morrow ad valorem taxes for city purposes; to provide for legislative purposes and findings; to provide for procedures and requirements relating thereto; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2019_20"
identifier: "HB 358"
citation: "Georgia HB 358 (2019_20)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kim Schofield", "Mike Glanton", "Rhonda Burnough", "Sandra Scott", "Valencia Stovall"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2019-02-19"
last_action: "2019-04-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ca23ead5-0ca3-4b67-ba48-73f132414f7f"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "6cb2ad1eddfb2c01ac964c667fa592b3bfc9f1db2ebb28595c58e3da87191358"
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 358 (2019_20) — Morrow, City of; ad valorem tax for city purposes; provide for a nonbinding advisory referendum

A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide for a nonbinding advisory referendum for the purpose of ascertaining whether the governing authority of the City of Morrow should seek a reduction in the $60,000.00 homestead exemption from City of Morrow ad valorem taxes for city purposes; to provide for legislative purposes and findings; to provide for procedures and requirements relating thereto; to provide for related matters; 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 358/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/186298.pdf)
2. **LC 44 0966/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/181810.pdf)
3. **Local Ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/181848.pdf)

## Votes

- Local Calendar — **157–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Kim Schofield — primary (person)
- Mike Glanton — primary (person)
- Rhonda Burnough — primary (person)
- Sandra Scott — primary (person)
- Valencia Stovall — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-19** House Hopper
- **2019-02-20** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2019-02-21** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2019-02-22** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-22** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2019-02-22** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2019-02-25** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-26** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-26** 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 112 `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/ca23ead5-0ca3-4b67-ba48-73f132414f7f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).