---
type: "Bill"
title: "Atlanta, City of; ad valorem tax for municipal purposes; provide for a new homestead exemption"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide for a new homestead exemption from City of Atlanta ad valorem taxes for municipal purposes in the amount of $30,000.00 for each resident of the City of Atlanta who holds real property subject to a written lease having an initial term of not less than 99 years with a landlord that is an entity exempt from taxation under Section 501(c)(3) of the federal Internal Revenue Code and who owns all improvements located on the real property; 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 related matters; 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 635"
citation: "Georgia HB 635 (2019_20)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["David Dreyer", "Kim Schofield", "Mable Thomas", "Park Cannon", "Pat Gardner", "Sheila Jones"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 14
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2019-03-18"
last_action: "2019-05-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/757d8988-858a-44f1-a5b2-8d612c9ba856"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "bfdb763f9deea8d5c73a310b05b08ef877c53b60ed0d91af5fd0955624cf2823"
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 635 (2019_20) — Atlanta, City of; ad valorem tax for municipal purposes; provide for a new homestead exemption

A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide for a new homestead exemption from City of Atlanta ad valorem taxes for municipal purposes in the amount of $30,000.00 for each resident of the City of Atlanta who holds real property subject to a written lease having an initial term of not less than 99 years with a landlord that is an entity exempt from taxation under Section 501(c)(3) of the federal Internal Revenue Code and who owns all improvements located on the real property; 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 related matters; 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 635/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/187443.pdf)
2. **LC 44 1191/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/184854.pdf)
3. **Local Ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/184881.pdf)

## Votes

- Local Calendar — **156–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- David Dreyer — primary (person)
- Kim Schofield — primary (person)
- Mable Thomas — primary (person)
- Park Cannon — primary (person)
- Pat Gardner — primary (person)
- Sheila Jones — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-03-18** House Hopper
- **2019-03-21** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2019-03-22** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2019-03-25** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-25** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2019-03-25** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2019-03-25** House Immediately Transmitted to Senate
- **2019-03-26** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-29** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-02** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2019-04-11** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-06** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-06** Act 159 `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-06** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/757d8988-858a-44f1-a5b2-8d612c9ba856`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).