republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2015-16/hb-787.md

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Bill	Varnell, City of; homestead exemption for residents 65 years or older; provide	A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide for a homestead exemption from City of Varnell ad valorem taxes for municipal purposes in the full amount of the assessed value of the homestead for residents of that city who are 65 years of age or older or who are the unremarried spouses of deceased firefighters, police officers, or military veterans; 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 a referendum, effective dates, and automatic repeal; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2015_16	HB 787	Georgia HB 787 (2015_16)	bill		enacted	Bruce Broadrick Steve Tarvin Tom Dickson	2	13	1	2016-01-20	2016-04-26	openstates	ocd-bill/203b8a7c-1ade-4aba-afa8-37cdbb91057e	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	4079cb471cebf7a44f59622ade988dca1ea281879dbb2f5a0ceadf3d20c6441c	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia HB 787 (2015_16) — Varnell, City of; homestead exemption for residents 65 years or older; provide

A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide for a homestead exemption from City of Varnell ad valorem taxes for municipal purposes in the full amount of the assessed value of the homestead for residents of that city who are 65 years of age or older or who are the unremarried spouses of deceased firefighters, police officers, or military veterans; 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 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 787/AP* (committee substitute) — source
2. LC 28 7797/a (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Local Calendar — 154–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Bruce Broadrick — primary (person)
• Steve Tarvin — primary (person)
• Tom Dickson — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2016-01-20 House Hopper
• 2016-01-21 House First Readers reading-1
• 2016-01-22 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2016-01-26 House Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2016-01-26 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2016-01-26 House Passed/Adopted passage
• 2016-01-27 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2016-02-26 Senate Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2016-02-26 Senate Passed/Adopted passage
• 2016-03-28 House Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2016-04-26 House Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2016-04-26 Act 446 executive-signature
• 2016-04-26 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/203b8a7c-1ade-4aba-afa8-37cdbb91057e. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).