republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2021-22/hb-1551.md

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Bill	Pike County School District; increase exemptions for residents age 62 or older and provide new exemption for residents age 70 or older	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act providing for a homestead exemption from Pike County School District ad valorem taxation for certain residents, approved March 10, 1988 (Ga. L. 1988, p. 3824), as amended, so as to increase the exemptions from school district taxes for residents who are age 62 or older and to provide for a new exemption regardless of income for residents who are age 70 or older; to provide for related matters; to provide for compliance with constitutional requirements; to provide for a referendum, contingent effective dates, and automatic repeal; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2021_22	HB 1551	Georgia HB 1551 (2021_22)	bill		enacted	Beth Camp	3	14	1	2022-03-09	2022-04-25	openstates	ocd-bill/549dbf64-46fc-4dde-9d3b-edd1e34e0a2c	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	cedad8811fe9e2ff0e50170dca37a3dfeff843a5977df42ef1e4ce187ca5a254	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia HB 1551 (2021_22) — Pike County School District; increase exemptions for residents age 62 or older and provide new exemption for residents age 70 or older

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act providing for a homestead exemption from Pike County School District ad valorem taxation for certain residents, approved March 10, 1988 (Ga. L. 1988, p. 3824), as amended, so as to increase the exemptions from school district taxes for residents who are age 62 or older and to provide for a new exemption regardless of income for residents who are age 70 or older; to provide for related matters; to provide for compliance with constitutional requirements; to provide for a referendum, contingent 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 1551/AP* (committee substitute) — source
2. LC 44 1921/a (committee substitute) — source
3. Local Ad (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Local Calendar — 125–38 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Beth Camp — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2022-03-09 House Hopper
• 2022-03-11 House First Readers reading-1
• 2022-03-15 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2022-03-23 House Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2022-03-23 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2022-03-23 House Passed/Adopted passage
• 2022-03-25 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2022-03-29 Senate Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2022-03-29 Senate Passed/Adopted passage
• 2022-03-29 Senate Transmitted House
• 2022-04-06 House Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2022-04-25 House Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2022-04-25 Act 675 executive-signature
• 2022-04-25 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/549dbf64-46fc-4dde-9d3b-edd1e34e0a2c. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).