---
type: "Bill"
title: "Hall County; ad valorem tax; county purposes; provide new homestead exemption"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide for a new homestead exemption from Hall County ad valorem taxes for county purposes in an amount equal to the amount by which the current year assessed value of a homestead exceeds the adjusted base year assessed value of such homestead; 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 provide for 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 1268"
citation: "Georgia HB 1268 (2023_24)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["David Clark", "Derrick McCollum", "Emory Dunahoo", "Lee Hawkins", "Matt Dubnik", "Soo Hong"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-02-13"
last_action: "2024-05-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9f526b66-4c1d-4271-8bc3-98fca86f55d2"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "9338aef453f7061d9cb8cb02c4f01202463ec4d6ac999cb8dc6e6a5491b38419"
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 1268 (2023_24) — Hall County; ad valorem tax; county purposes; provide new homestead exemption

A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide for a new homestead exemption from Hall County ad valorem taxes for county purposes in an amount equal to the amount by which the current year assessed value of a homestead exceeds the adjusted base year assessed value of such homestead; 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 provide for 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 1268/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/227222.pdf)
2. **LC 47 2772/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/223979.pdf)
3. **Local Ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/223989.pdf)

## Votes

- House Vote #521 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **167–0** (pass) · lower
- Senate Vote #646 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **54–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- David Clark — primary (person)
- Derrick McCollum — primary (person)
- Emory Dunahoo — primary (person)
- Lee Hawkins — primary (person)
- Matt Dubnik — primary (person)
- Soo Hong — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-13** House Hopper `introduction`
- **2024-02-15** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2024-02-16** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2024-02-22** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-22** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2024-02-22** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2024-02-26** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-13** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-13** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2024-04-01** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-05-06** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2024-05-06** Act 645 `executive-signature`
- **2024-05-06** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9f526b66-4c1d-4271-8bc3-98fca86f55d2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).