republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2015-16/hb-857.md

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Bill	McDuffie County; homestead exemption for residents 70 years of age or older; provide	A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide a homestead exemption from McDuffie County school district ad valorem taxes for educational purposes in the amount of half the assessed value of the homestead for residents of that school district who are 70 years of age or older and in the full amount of the assessed value of the homestead for residents of that school district who are 75 years of age or older; 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 857	Georgia HB 857 (2015_16)	bill		enacted	Barry Fleming Mack Jackson	3	14	1	2016-01-27	2016-03-31	openstates	ocd-bill/5f762856-cb1a-4577-b68f-b415dc3b4d8b	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	2bc55b452e6997ce9dc20f54fc46f815b117978bedd23f30e8345af0ba39ac37	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia HB 857 (2015_16) — McDuffie County; homestead exemption for residents 70 years of age or older; provide

A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide a homestead exemption from McDuffie County school district ad valorem taxes for educational purposes in the amount of half the assessed value of the homestead for residents of that school district who are 70 years of age or older and in the full amount of the assessed value of the homestead for residents of that school district who are 75 years of age or older; 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 857/AP* (committee substitute) — source
2. LC 34 4780/a (committee substitute) — source
3. Sen ctee sub LC 34 4903S (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Local Calendar — 153–1 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Barry Fleming — primary (person)
• Mack Jackson — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2016-01-27 House Hopper
• 2016-01-28 House First Readers reading-1
• 2016-02-01 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2016-02-04 House Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2016-02-04 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2016-02-04 House Passed/Adopted passage
• 2016-02-08 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2016-03-02 Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2016-03-02 Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2016-03-10 House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
• 2016-03-28 House Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2016-03-31 House Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2016-03-31 Act 319 executive-signature
• 2016-03-31 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/5f762856-cb1a-4577-b68f-b415dc3b4d8b. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).