---
type: "Bill"
title: "Fulton County; ad valorem tax for educational purposes; provide homestead exemption"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide for a new homestead exemption from Fulton County school district ad valorem taxes for educational purposes in the amount of $10,000.00 of the assessed value of the homestead for residents of that county who are older than 65 years of age; 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 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 1556"
citation: "Georgia HB 1556 (2021_22)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Charles Martin", "David Dreyer", "Jan Jones", "Mary Robichaux", "Todd Jones", "Wes Cantrell"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2022-03-11"
last_action: "2022-04-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9fd9ea24-a45c-4656-9896-e6b112eaceb4"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "8288877b8ba2d75cadea52400cf76d2c8035e96b122f16433df971e2f219e00e"
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 1556 (2021_22) — Fulton County; ad valorem tax for educational purposes; provide homestead exemption

A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide for a new homestead exemption from Fulton County school district ad valorem taxes for educational purposes in the amount of $10,000.00 of the assessed value of the homestead for residents of that county who are older than 65 years of age; 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 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 1556/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/211358.pdf)
2. **LC 44 2019/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/209198.pdf)
3. **Local Ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/209199.pdf)

## Votes

- Local Calendar — **153–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Charles Martin — primary (person)
- David Dreyer — primary (person)
- Jan Jones — primary (person)
- Mary Robichaux — primary (person)
- Todd Jones — primary (person)
- Wes Cantrell — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-03-11** House Hopper
- **2022-03-15** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2022-03-16** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2022-03-25** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-25** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2022-03-25** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2022-03-25** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2022-04-01** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-01** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2022-04-07** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-04-25** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2022-04-25** Act 677 `executive-signature`
- **2022-04-25** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9fd9ea24-a45c-4656-9896-e6b112eaceb4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).