---
type: "Bill"
title: "Coweta County; school district ad valorem tax; raise homestead exemption amounts"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act providing a homestead exemption from Coweta County School District ad valorem taxes for educational purposes in the amount of $40,000.00 for residents of that school district who are 65 years of age but less than 71 years of age, $60,000.00 for residents of that school district who are 71 years of age but less than 75 years of age, and $80,000.00 for residents of that school district who are 75 years of age or older, approved January 17, 2002 (Ga. L. 2002, p. 3501), so as to raise the exemption amounts; to provide for related matters; to provide for compliance with constitutional requirements; 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: "2019_20"
identifier: "HB 462"
citation: "Georgia HB 462 (2019_20)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["David Stover", "Josh Bonner", "Lynn Smith", "Robert Trammell"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2019-02-25"
last_action: "2019-05-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f24447cc-7a5e-43d9-8b33-552d56e5d86c"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "5a361fbaad60f5317956a14b949654a37515c6a81315f175bf75359636be94be"
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 462 (2019_20) — Coweta County; school district ad valorem tax; raise homestead exemption amounts

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act providing a homestead exemption from Coweta County School District ad valorem taxes for educational purposes in the amount of $40,000.00 for residents of that school district who are 65 years of age but less than 71 years of age, $60,000.00 for residents of that school district who are 71 years of age but less than 75 years of age, and $80,000.00 for residents of that school district who are 75 years of age or older, approved January 17, 2002 (Ga. L. 2002, p. 3501), so as to raise the exemption amounts; to provide for related matters; to provide for compliance with constitutional requirements; 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. **HB 462/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/185051.pdf)
2. **LC 44 1003/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/182629.pdf)
3. **Local Ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/182682.pdf)

## Votes

- Supplemental Local Calendar — **155–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- David Stover — primary (person)
- Josh Bonner — primary (person)
- Lynn Smith — primary (person)
- Robert Trammell — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-25** House Hopper
- **2019-02-26** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2019-02-27** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2019-03-05** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-05** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2019-03-05** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2019-03-07** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-14** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-14** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2019-04-04** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-07** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-07** Act 292 `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-07** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f24447cc-7a5e-43d9-8b33-552d56e5d86c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).