---
type: "Bill"
title: "Whitfield County; ad valorem tax; county purposes; provide homestead exemption"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide a homestead exemption from Whitfield County ad valorem taxes for county purposes in the amount of $150,000.00 of the appraised value of the homestead for residents of that county who are 65 years of age or older and whose income does not exceed $40,000.00; 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 repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2023_24"
identifier: "HB 789"
citation: "Georgia HB 789 (2023_24)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jason Ridley", "Kasey Carpenter", "Steve Tarvin"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-03-20"
last_action: "2023-05-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4349e135-59dc-4345-a00b-71d6b4bfa598"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "dadcc6a3c41fb1c27ac325116865c483f64fc1fba944b4b927b17bc839b7468c"
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 789 (2023_24) — Whitfield County; ad valorem tax; county purposes; provide homestead exemption

A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide a homestead exemption from Whitfield County ad valorem taxes for county purposes in the amount of $150,000.00 of the appraised value of the homestead for residents of that county who are 65 years of age or older and whose income does not exceed $40,000.00; 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 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 789/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/219591.pdf)
2. **LC 43 2780/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/218487.pdf)
3. **Local Ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/218752.pdf)

## Votes

- House Vote #271 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **162–0** (pass) · lower
- Senate Vote #296 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **50–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Jason Ridley — primary (person)
- Kasey Carpenter — primary (person)
- Steve Tarvin — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-03-20** House Hopper `introduction`
- **2023-03-20** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2023-03-21** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2023-03-23** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-23** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2023-03-23** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2023-03-23** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-27** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-27** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2023-03-31** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-03** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-03** Act 325 `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-03** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4349e135-59dc-4345-a00b-71d6b4bfa598`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).