---
type: "Bill"
title: "St. Mary's, City of; ad valorem tax for municipal purposes; provide homestead exemption"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide a homestead exemption from City of St. Mary's 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 who are 65 years of age or older; 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, automatic repeal, mandatory execution of election, and judicial remedies regarding failure to comply; to provide a specific repealer; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2023_24"
identifier: "HB 1455"
citation: "Georgia HB 1455 (2023_24)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Steven Sainz"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 19
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2024-03-05"
last_action: "2024-04-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6ff6a266-2daa-4966-b403-ca79811e74a9"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "ea6303dcf10353021f534b192655bdf1451c1b831cac75e534554e5c2ae117aa"
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 1455 (2023_24) — St. Mary's, City of; ad valorem tax for municipal purposes; provide homestead exemption

A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide a homestead exemption from City of St. Mary's 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 who are 65 years of age or older; 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, automatic repeal, mandatory execution of election, and judicial remedies regarding failure to comply; to provide a specific repealer; to provide for related matters; 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 1455/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/229553.pdf)
2. **LC 44 2456/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/226479.pdf)
3. **Local Ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/226491.pdf)
4. **Sen Ctee Sub LC 44 2832S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/227584.pdf)

## Votes

- House Vote #749 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **92–65** (pass) · lower
- House Vote #679 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **147–0** (pass) · lower
- House Vote #748 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **94–66** (pass) · lower
- Senate Vote #672 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **54–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Steven Sainz — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-03-05** House Hopper `introduction`
- **2024-03-07** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2024-03-08** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2024-03-11** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-11** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2024-03-11** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2024-03-13** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-18** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-18** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2024-03-21** House Disagreed Senate Amend or Sub
- **2024-03-21** House Reconsidered
- **2024-03-21** House Tabled
- **2024-03-28** House Taken from Table
- **2024-03-28** House Withdrawn, Recommitted `referral-committee, withdrawal`
- **2024-03-28** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
- **2024-04-02** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-04-22** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2024-04-22** Act 455 `executive-signature`
- **2024-04-22** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6ff6a266-2daa-4966-b403-ca79811e74a9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).