---
type: "Bill"
title: "Troup County; school district ad valorem tax; increase homestead exemption"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act to provide a homestead exemption from Troup 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 have annual incomes not exceeding $22,000.00 and who are 65 years of age or over, approved March 24, 1994 (Ga. L. 1994, p. 3844), so as to increase the existing homestead exemption to $40,000.00 of the assessed value of the homestead; to increase the income cap to $40,000.00; to limit the exemption to the homestead and not more than two contiguous acres; 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 933"
citation: "Georgia HB 933 (2019_20)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Randy Nix", "Robert Trammell", "Vance Smith"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2020-02-18"
last_action: "2020-06-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/12045c91-aa15-4806-bb52-0a6f558114f1"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "2082f41981b0f4ef9ec327cbfb619d297e3fd029214d65ebd8840e7039d59496"
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 933 (2019_20) — Troup County; school district ad valorem tax; increase homestead exemption

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act to provide a homestead exemption from Troup 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 have annual incomes not exceeding $22,000.00 and who are 65 years of age or over, approved March 24, 1994 (Ga. L. 1994, p. 3844), so as to increase the existing homestead exemption to $40,000.00 of the assessed value of the homestead; to increase the income cap to $40,000.00; to limit the exemption to the homestead and not more than two contiguous acres; 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 933/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/191664.pdf)
2. **LC 47 0343/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/189990.pdf)
3. **Local Ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/190066.pdf)

## Votes

- Local Calendar — **149–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Randy Nix — primary (person)
- Robert Trammell — primary (person)
- Vance Smith — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-02-18** House Hopper
- **2020-02-19** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2020-02-20** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2020-02-21** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-21** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2020-02-21** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2020-02-24** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-28** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-28** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2020-06-24** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2020-06-30** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2020-06-30** Act 458 `executive-signature`
- **2020-06-30** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/12045c91-aa15-4806-bb52-0a6f558114f1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).