republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2023-24/hb-1003.md

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Bill	Jackson County; school district ad valorem tax for educational purposes; provide homestead exemption	A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide a homestead exemption from Jackson County school district ad valorem taxes for educational purposes for senior citizens in an amount equal to the amount by which the current year assessed value of a homestead exceeds the base year assessed value of such homestead; to provide for definitions; to specify the terms and conditions of the exemption and the procedures relating thereto; to provide for applicability and eligibility; to provide for compliance with constitutional requirements; to provide for a referendum, effective dates, automatic repeal, mandatory execution of election, and judicial remedies regarding failure to comply; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2023_24	HB 1003	Georgia HB 1003 (2023_24)	bill		enacted	Chris Erwin Emory Dunahoo Holt Persinger Houston Gaines	3	13	2	2024-01-23	2024-04-22	openstates	ocd-bill/5bbdb5cc-2d32-44e2-bd86-05202a3cb25a	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	21b749422c1aaa349c4db2889c6fbf0e646ec81a0c25a159cb399a31abfc6b17	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia HB 1003 (2023_24) — Jackson County; school district ad valorem tax for educational purposes; provide homestead exemption

A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide a homestead exemption from Jackson County school district ad valorem taxes for educational purposes for senior citizens in an amount equal to the amount by which the current year assessed value of a homestead exceeds the base year assessed value of such homestead; to provide for definitions; to specify the terms and conditions of the exemption and the procedures relating thereto; to provide for applicability and eligibility; to provide for compliance with constitutional requirements; to provide for a referendum, effective dates, automatic repeal, mandatory execution of election, and judicial remedies regarding failure to comply; 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 1003/AP* (committee substitute) — source
2. LC 44 2493/a (committee substitute) — source
3. Local Ad (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• House Vote #423 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — 164–0 (pass) · lower
• Senate Vote #476 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — 48–1 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Chris Erwin — primary (person)
• Emory Dunahoo — primary (person)
• Holt Persinger — primary (person)
• Houston Gaines — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-01-23 House Hopper introduction
• 2024-01-24 House First Readers reading-1
• 2024-01-25 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2024-02-01 House Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-02-01 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2024-02-01 House Passed/Adopted passage
• 2024-02-06 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2024-02-08 Senate Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-02-08 Senate Passed/Adopted passage
• 2024-04-01 House Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2024-04-22 House Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2024-04-22 Act 444 executive-signature
• 2024-04-22 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/5bbdb5cc-2d32-44e2-bd86-05202a3cb25a. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).