---
type: "Bill"
title: "City of Doraville; the amount of a homestead exemption from City of Doraville ad valorem taxes; revise"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act to provide for a homestead exemption from City of Doraville ad valorem taxes for municipal purposes in the amount of $25,000.00 of the assessed value of the homestead for residents of that city, approved April 20, 2011 (Ga. L. 2011, p. 3669), so as to revise the amount of a homestead exemption from City of Doraville ad valorem taxes; to provide for compliance with constitutional requirements; to provide for related matters; 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: "SB 622"
citation: "Georgia SB 622 (2021_22)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Sally Harrell"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 13
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2022-03-15"
last_action: "2022-04-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/13a41c9a-c1e8-4d17-bc08-31e4060b0253"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "76d4ea98d007f0f9d1f18a009365c9a513669fbf7e528381d46f8def51ff3f35"
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 SB 622 (2021_22) — City of Doraville; the amount of a homestead exemption from City of Doraville ad valorem taxes; revise

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act to provide for a homestead exemption from City of Doraville ad valorem taxes for municipal purposes in the amount of $25,000.00 of the assessed value of the homestead for residents of that city, approved April 20, 2011 (Ga. L. 2011, p. 3669), so as to revise the amount of a homestead exemption from City of Doraville ad valorem taxes; to provide for compliance with constitutional requirements; to provide for related matters; 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. **As introduced LC 44 2013** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/209330.pdf)
2. **As passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/209760.pdf)
3. **SB 622 ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/209335.pdf)
4. **SB 622/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/210702.pdf)

## Votes

- LOCAL CONSENT CALENDAR — **47–2** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Sally Harrell — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-03-15** Senate Hopper
- **2022-03-15** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-17** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-17** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2022-03-18** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2022-03-21** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2022-03-28** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-28** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2022-03-28** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2022-04-07** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-04-25** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2022-04-25** Act 708 `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/13a41c9a-c1e8-4d17-bc08-31e4060b0253`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).