republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2021-22/hb-604.md

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Bill	Bartow County; school district ad valorem tax; provide homestead exemption	A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide a homestead exemption from Bartow County school district ad valorem taxes for educational purposes in the amount of $60,000.00 of the appraised value of the homestead for residents of that school district who are 65 years of age or older, in the amount of $80,000.00 of the appraised value of the homestead for residents of that school district who are 75 years of age or older, and in the amount of the full appraised value of the homestead for residents of that school district who are 80 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 provide for compliance with constitutional requirements; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2021_22	HB 604	Georgia HB 604 (2021_22)	bill		enacted	Matthew Gambill Mitchell Scoggins Trey Kelley	5	14	1	2021-02-23	2022-04-18	openstates	ocd-bill/144ebb5a-7f3c-446a-8290-79089211bffd	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	5874740b4bf76f89192fa7bd54de1689668975ed1ba674587d61e6686ef8c379	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia HB 604 (2021_22) — Bartow County; school district ad valorem tax; provide homestead exemption

A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide a homestead exemption from Bartow County school district ad valorem taxes for educational purposes in the amount of $60,000.00 of the appraised value of the homestead for residents of that school district who are 65 years of age or older, in the amount of $80,000.00 of the appraised value of the homestead for residents of that school district who are 75 years of age or older, and in the amount of the full appraised value of the homestead for residents of that school district who are 80 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 provide for compliance with constitutional requirements; 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 604/AP* (committee substitute) — source
2. LC 47 0803/a (committee substitute) — source
3. LC 47 0897S/hcs (committee substitute) — source
4. LC 47 0897S/hs (committee substitute) — source
5. Local Ad (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Local Calendar — 155–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Matthew Gambill — primary (person)
• Mitchell Scoggins — primary (person)
• Trey Kelley — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-02-23 House Hopper
• 2021-02-24 House First Readers reading-1
• 2021-02-25 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2021-03-05 House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-03-05 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2021-03-05 House Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2021-03-08 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2022-02-15 Senate Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2022-02-15 Senate Passed/Adopted passage
• 2022-02-15 Senate Transmitted House
• 2022-04-06 House Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2022-04-18 House Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2022-04-18 Act 601 executive-signature
• 2022-04-18 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/144ebb5a-7f3c-446a-8290-79089211bffd. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).