---
type: "Bill"
title: "Woodstock, City of; homestead exemption; provide residency requirement"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act providing a homestead exemption from all City of Woodstock ad valorem taxes for city purposes for the full value of the homestead after a two-year phase-in period for certain residents of that city who are 62 years of age or older, approved April 13, 2001 (Ga. L. 2001, p. 3793), so as to provide for a residency requirement and grandfathering of certain residents; to provide for compliance with constitutional requirements; to provide for a referendum, effective dates, automatic repeal, mandatory execution of election, and judicial remedies regarding failure to comply; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2023_24"
identifier: "HB 1013"
citation: "Georgia HB 1013 (2023_24)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brad Thomas", "Charlice Byrd", "Don Parsons", "John Carson"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-01-24"
last_action: "2024-02-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/79da5b0b-7541-46cc-aa40-219e911f9e33"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "359712eb7f4ed38da6b4742f260d30521920141544385e5ad11a068c1a44434d"
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 1013 (2023_24) — Woodstock, City of; homestead exemption; provide residency requirement

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act providing a homestead exemption from all City of Woodstock ad valorem taxes for city purposes for the full value of the homestead after a two-year phase-in period for certain residents of that city who are 62 years of age or older, approved April 13, 2001 (Ga. L. 2001, p. 3793), so as to provide for a residency requirement and grandfathering of certain residents; to provide for compliance with constitutional requirements; to provide for a referendum, effective dates, automatic repeal, mandatory execution of election, and judicial remedies regarding failure to comply; 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 1013/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/223918.pdf)
2. **LC 44 2549/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/221721.pdf)
3. **LC 44 2675S/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/223277.pdf)
4. **LC 44 2675S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/223276.pdf)
5. **Local Ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/221789.pdf)

## Votes

- Senate Vote #491 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **45–0** (pass) · upper
- House Vote #440 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **158–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Brad Thomas — primary (person)
- Charlice Byrd — primary (person)
- Don Parsons — primary (person)
- John Carson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-24** House Hopper `introduction`
- **2024-01-25** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2024-01-26** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2024-02-08** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-08** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2024-02-08** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2024-02-08** House Immediately Transmitted to Senate
- **2024-02-09** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-12** Senate Withdrawn & Recommitted `referral-committee, withdrawal`
- **2024-02-13** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-13** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2024-02-19** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-02-19** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2024-02-19** Act 361 `executive-signature`
- **2024-02-19** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/79da5b0b-7541-46cc-aa40-219e911f9e33`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).