---
type: "Bill"
title: "Covington, City of; ad valorem tax; municipal purposes; provide homestead exemption"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide a homestead exemption from City of Covington ad valorem taxes for municipal purposes in the amount of $10,000.00 of the assessed value of the homestead for residents of that city; 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 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: "2021_22"
identifier: "HB 1398"
citation: "Georgia HB 1398 (2021_22)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Clint Crowe", "Dave Belton", "Regina Lewis-Ward", "Sharon Henderson"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 14
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2022-02-17"
last_action: "2022-04-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9933b39d-67d4-4a82-9954-59056bebde0d"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "85da0a81a93dde2dd07a041666426116c39539d465e5db65e608670faeae0745"
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 1398 (2021_22) — Covington, City of; ad valorem tax; municipal purposes; provide homestead exemption

A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide a homestead exemption from City of Covington ad valorem taxes for municipal purposes in the amount of $10,000.00 of the assessed value of the homestead for residents of that city; 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 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 1398/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/210526.pdf)
2. **LC 44 1878/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/207144.pdf)
3. **Local Ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/207149.pdf)

## Votes

- Local Calendar — **125–38** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Clint Crowe — primary (person)
- Dave Belton — primary (person)
- Regina Lewis-Ward — primary (person)
- Sharon Henderson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-17** House Hopper
- **2022-02-17** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2022-02-22** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2022-03-23** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-23** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2022-03-23** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2022-03-25** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-28** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-28** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2022-03-28** Senate Transmitted House
- **2022-04-06** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-04-18** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2022-04-18** Act 634 `executive-signature`
- **2022-04-18** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9933b39d-67d4-4a82-9954-59056bebde0d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).