republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2015-16/hb-449.md

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Bill	Barrow County; ad valorem tax; eliminate requirement to submit a new application for the exemption in the year following a reevaluation	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act providing for a homestead exemption from certain Barrow County school district ad valorem taxes for educational purposes, approved May 1, 2006 (Ga. L. 2006, p. 3974), so as to eliminate the requirement to submit a new application for the exemption in the year following a reevaluation; to provide for a referendum, effective dates, and automatic repeal; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2015_16	HB 449	Georgia HB 449 (2015_16)	bill		enacted	Regina Quick Terry England Tom Kirby	2	13	1	2015-02-23	2015-05-12	openstates	ocd-bill/91666c88-263b-46e9-aeb0-f81615b1662a	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	e72a13dce62019e59280912944d9ed6d3d35e11a0472a6985a51fa07fe5e23e7	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia HB 449 (2015_16) — Barrow County; ad valorem tax; eliminate requirement to submit a new application for the exemption in the year following a reevaluation

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act providing for a homestead exemption from certain Barrow County school district ad valorem taxes for educational purposes, approved May 1, 2006 (Ga. L. 2006, p. 3974), so as to eliminate the requirement to submit a new application for the exemption in the year following a reevaluation; 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 449/AP* (committee substitute) — source
2. LC 34 4296/a (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Local Calendar — 166–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Regina Quick — primary (person)
• Terry England — primary (person)
• Tom Kirby — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2015-02-23 House Hopper
• 2015-02-24 House First Readers reading-1
• 2015-02-25 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2015-02-26 House Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2015-02-26 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2015-02-26 House Passed/Adopted passage
• 2015-03-02 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2015-03-04 Senate Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2015-03-04 Senate Passed/Adopted passage
• 2015-04-06 House Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2015-05-12 House Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2015-05-12 Act 221 executive-signature
• 2015-05-12 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/91666c88-263b-46e9-aeb0-f81615b1662a. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).