---
type: "Bill"
title: "Hapeville, City of; homestead exemption for residents 65 years or older; provide"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide a homestead exemption from City of Hapeville ad valorem taxes for municipal purposes in the amount of $20,000.00 of the assessed value of the homestead for residents of that city who are 65 years of age or older, who are veterans, or who are disabled; to provide for definitions; to specify the terms and conditions of the exemption and the procedures relating thereto; 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 612"
citation: "Georgia HB 612 (2019_20)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["David Dreyer", "Kim Schofield"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2019-03-13"
last_action: "2019-04-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/92609473-ce89-45c3-999d-1572e14de213"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "2da1b1f088e4c4417b810faade80c1d824776709ea942d5812ac2fe3caaf2209"
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 612 (2019_20) — Hapeville, City of; homestead exemption for residents 65 years or older; provide

A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide a homestead exemption from City of Hapeville ad valorem taxes for municipal purposes in the amount of $20,000.00 of the assessed value of the homestead for residents of that city who are 65 years of age or older, who are veterans, or who are disabled; to provide for definitions; to specify the terms and conditions of the exemption and the procedures relating thereto; 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 612/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/187036.pdf)
2. **LC 47 0120/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/184468.pdf)
3. **Local Ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/184485.pdf)

## Votes

- Local Calendar — **160–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- David Dreyer — primary (person)
- Kim Schofield — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-03-13** House Hopper
- **2019-03-14** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2019-03-18** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2019-03-21** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-21** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2019-03-21** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2019-03-22** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-28** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-28** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2019-04-11** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-04-30** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-04-30** Act 82 `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/92609473-ce89-45c3-999d-1572e14de213`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).