republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2023-24/hb-1455.md

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Bill	St. Mary's, City of; ad valorem tax for municipal purposes; provide homestead exemption	A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide a homestead exemption from City of St. Mary's ad valorem taxes for municipal purposes in the amount of $25,000.00 of the assessed value of the homestead for residents of that city who are 65 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 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 provide a specific repealer; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2023_24	HB 1455	Georgia HB 1455 (2023_24)	bill		enacted	Steven Sainz	4	19	4	2024-03-05	2024-04-22	openstates	ocd-bill/6ff6a266-2daa-4966-b403-ca79811e74a9	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	ea6303dcf10353021f534b192655bdf1451c1b831cac75e534554e5c2ae117aa	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia HB 1455 (2023_24) — St. Mary's, City of; ad valorem tax for municipal purposes; provide homestead exemption

A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide a homestead exemption from City of St. Mary's ad valorem taxes for municipal purposes in the amount of $25,000.00 of the assessed value of the homestead for residents of that city who are 65 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 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 provide a specific repealer; 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 1455/AP* (committee substitute) — source
2. LC 44 2456/a (committee substitute) — source
3. Local Ad (committee substitute) — source
4. Sen Ctee Sub LC 44 2832S (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• House Vote #749 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — 92–65 (pass) · lower
• House Vote #679 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — 147–0 (pass) · lower
• House Vote #748 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — 94–66 (pass) · lower
• Senate Vote #672 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — 54–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Steven Sainz — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-03-05 House Hopper introduction
• 2024-03-07 House First Readers reading-1
• 2024-03-08 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2024-03-11 House Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-03-11 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2024-03-11 House Passed/Adopted passage
• 2024-03-13 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2024-03-18 Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-03-18 Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2024-03-21 House Disagreed Senate Amend or Sub
• 2024-03-21 House Reconsidered
• 2024-03-21 House Tabled
• 2024-03-28 House Taken from Table
• 2024-03-28 House Withdrawn, Recommitted referral-committee, withdrawal
• 2024-03-28 House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
• 2024-04-02 House Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2024-04-22 House Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2024-04-22 Act 455 executive-signature
• 2024-04-22 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/6ff6a266-2daa-4966-b403-ca79811e74a9. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).