---
type: "Bill"
title: "South Fulton, City of; ad valorem tax for municipal purposes; provide new homestead exemption"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide for a new homestead exemption from City of South Fulton ad valorem taxes for municipal 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 compliance with constitutional requirements; to provide for applicability; 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 423"
citation: "Georgia HB 423 (2019_20)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Debra Bazemore", "Derrick Jackson", "Roger Bruce", "William Boddie"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2019-02-21"
last_action: "2019-05-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/edc1bedc-c460-4cee-8d72-786f24f966d7"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "bd7cf857792bd86cc8330c49657fafee6eb87c8f8d34b48229687a30d2c691d7"
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 423 (2019_20) — South Fulton, City of; ad valorem tax for municipal purposes; provide new homestead exemption

A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide for a new homestead exemption from City of South Fulton ad valorem taxes for municipal 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 compliance with constitutional requirements; to provide for applicability; 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 423/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/186269.pdf)
2. **LC 44 1001/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/182308.pdf)
3. **Local Ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/182368.pdf)

## Votes

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

## Sponsors

- Debra Bazemore — primary (person)
- Derrick Jackson — primary (person)
- Roger Bruce — primary (person)
- William Boddie — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-21** House Hopper
- **2019-02-22** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2019-02-25** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2019-02-27** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-27** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2019-02-27** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2019-02-28** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-22** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-22** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2019-04-04** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-07** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-07** Act 293 `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-07** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/edc1bedc-c460-4cee-8d72-786f24f966d7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).