republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2017-18/hb-587.md

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Bill	Jonesboro, City of; provide nonbinding advisory referendum to lower homestead exemption	A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide for a nonbinding advisory referendum for the purpose of ascertaining whether the electors of the City of Jonesboro desire the governing authority of the City of Jonesboro to seek to lower the homestead exemption from all City of Jonesboro ad valorem taxes for municipal purposes over a period of time to the amount of $10,000.00 of the assessed value of the homestead for residents of that city; to provide for legislative purposes and findings; to provide for procedures and requirements relating thereto; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2017_18	HB 587	Georgia HB 587 (2017_18)	bill		enacted	Debra Bazemore Demetrius Douglas Keisha Waites Mike Glanton Rhonda Burnough Valencia Stovall	0	13	1	2017-03-14	2017-05-04	openstates	ocd-bill/25c27494-a01f-4caf-a957-d016c8fb18bf	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	e4b49a27a3ba0dddbcacee42195962fc9fcb74d7433c9c931328a2afb9d57a97	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia HB 587 (2017_18) — Jonesboro, City of; provide nonbinding advisory referendum to lower homestead exemption

A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide for a nonbinding advisory referendum for the purpose of ascertaining whether the electors of the City of Jonesboro desire the governing authority of the City of Jonesboro to seek to lower the homestead exemption from all City of Jonesboro ad valorem taxes for municipal purposes over a period of time to the amount of $10,000.00 of the assessed value of the homestead for residents of that city; to provide for legislative purposes and findings; to provide for procedures and requirements relating thereto; 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.

Votes

• Local Calendar — 153–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Debra Bazemore — primary (person)
• Demetrius Douglas — primary (person)
• Keisha Waites — primary (person)
• Mike Glanton — primary (person)
• Rhonda Burnough — primary (person)
• Valencia Stovall — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-03-14 House Hopper
• 2017-03-15 House First Readers reading-1
• 2017-03-16 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2017-03-20 House Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2017-03-20 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2017-03-20 House Passed/Adopted passage
• 2017-03-22 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2017-03-28 Senate Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2017-03-28 Senate Passed/Adopted passage
• 2017-04-04 House Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2017-05-04 House Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2017-05-04 Act 152 executive-signature
• 2017-05-04 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/25c27494-a01f-4caf-a957-d016c8fb18bf. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).