republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2015-16/hb-862.md

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Bill	Ad valorem tax; homestead exemption; clarify definition of disabled veteran	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 48-5-48 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the homestead exemption for disabled veterans, so as to clarify the definition of disabled veteran; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2015_16	HB 862	Georgia HB 862 (2015_16)	bill		enacted	Bill Hitchens Brett Harrell David Knight Jay Powell Penny Houston	5	19	1	2016-01-27	2016-05-03	openstates	ocd-bill/d2f0336e-ccaa-4338-a74b-f415eb7630b8	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	5f2e09c5006a7b1e3486fb8481b30d11bed7d215c26ec3e741fae7540b619758	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia HB 862 (2015_16) — Ad valorem tax; homestead exemption; clarify definition of disabled veteran

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 48-5-48 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the homestead exemption for disabled veterans, so as to clarify the definition of disabled veteran; to provide for related matters; 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 862/AP* (committee substitute) — source
2. LC 34 4766/a (committee substitute) — source
3. LC 34 4802S/hcs (committee substitute) — source
4. LC 34 4802S/hs (committee substitute) — source
5. Sen ctee sub LC 34 4918S (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• PASSAGE — 172–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Bill Hitchens — primary (person)
• Brett Harrell — primary (person)
• David Knight — primary (person)
• Jay Powell — primary (person)
• Penny Houston — 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 By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2016-02-29 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2016-02-29 House Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2016-03-02 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2016-03-16 Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2016-03-16 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2016-03-22 Senate Engrossed passage
• 2016-03-22 Senate Tabled
• 2016-03-24 Senate Taken from Table
• 2016-03-24 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2016-03-24 Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2016-03-24 House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
• 2016-04-01 House Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2016-05-03 House Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2016-05-03 Act 595 executive-signature
• 2016-05-03 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/d2f0336e-ccaa-4338-a74b-f415eb7630b8. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).