---
type: "Bill"
title: "Buford, City of; ad valorem tax for municipal purposes; increase exemption"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act providing a homestead exemption from City of Buford ad valorem taxes for municipal purposes in the amount of $22,000.00 of the assessed value of the homestead for residents of the City of Buford, approved May 6, 2005 (Ga. L. 2005, p. 3890), so as to increase the exemption; 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 1320"
citation: "Georgia HB 1320 (2023_24)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["David Clark", "Derrick McCollum", "Farooq Mughal", "Matt Reeves", "Soo Hong"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-02-20"
last_action: "2024-05-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/17b3d826-542e-48e3-a438-3ff2476f66ce"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "dde832316a302ce7548822b00b9d849a7a5845781bd15821ad00a20e25a3b622"
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 1320 (2023_24) — Buford, City of; ad valorem tax for municipal purposes; increase exemption

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act providing a homestead exemption from City of Buford ad valorem taxes for municipal purposes in the amount of $22,000.00 of the assessed value of the homestead for residents of the City of Buford, approved May 6, 2005 (Ga. L. 2005, p. 3890), so as to increase the exemption; 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 1320/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/227870.pdf)
2. **LC 44 2706/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/224583.pdf)
3. **Local Ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/224643.pdf)

## Votes

- Senate Vote #688 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **50–1** (pass) · upper
- House Vote #585 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **158–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- David Clark — primary (person)
- Derrick McCollum — primary (person)
- Farooq Mughal — primary (person)
- Matt Reeves — primary (person)
- Soo Hong — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-20** House Hopper `introduction`
- **2024-02-21** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2024-02-22** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2024-02-29** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-29** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2024-02-29** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2024-03-04** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-20** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-20** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2024-04-01** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-05-01** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2024-05-01** Act 539 `executive-signature`
- **2024-05-01** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/17b3d826-542e-48e3-a438-3ff2476f66ce`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).