republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2013-14/hb-534.md

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Bill	Tifton, City of; change amount of homestead exemption for residents 65 or older	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act providing for homestead exemptions from ad valorem taxes for city purposes for certain residents of the City of Tifton, approved March 30, 1993 (Ga. L. 1993, p. 4278), so as to change the amount of the homestead exemption for residents aged 65 or older; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2013_14	HB 534	Georgia HB 534 (2013_14)	bill		enacted	Jay Roberts Penny Houston Sam Watson	2	13	1	2013-03-04	2013-04-30	openstates	ocd-bill/10e3cd79-f1e8-4ad7-b17b-26d1a3d69f29	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	8b14f26847e701a0d2713e3f0d6784d36b57b8763b05e7469308f784ebbd2a0c	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia HB 534 (2013_14) — Tifton, City of; change amount of homestead exemption for residents 65 or older

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act providing for homestead exemptions from ad valorem taxes for city purposes for certain residents of the City of Tifton, approved March 30, 1993 (Ga. L. 1993, p. 4278), so as to change the amount of the homestead exemption for residents aged 65 or older; 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 534/AP* (committee substitute) — source
2. LC 34 3755/a (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Local Calendar — 161–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Jay Roberts — primary (person)
• Penny Houston — primary (person)
• Sam Watson — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2013-03-04 House Hopper
• 2013-03-05 House First Readers reading-1
• 2013-03-07 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2013-03-11 House Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2013-03-11 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2013-03-11 House Passed/Adopted passage
• 2013-03-12 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2013-03-20 Senate Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2013-03-20 Senate Passed/Adopted passage
• 2013-04-01 House Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2013-04-30 House Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2013-04-30 Act 110 executive-signature
• 2013-04-30 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/10e3cd79-f1e8-4ad7-b17b-26d1a3d69f29. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).