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Bill Whitfield County; School District; increase homestead exemption amount and income ceiling A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act providing a homestead exemption from Whitfield County School District ad valorem taxes for educational purposes in the amount of $30,000.00 of the assessed value of the homestead for certain residents of that school district who are 65 years of age or older and whose annual incomes do not exceed $15,000.00, approved April 1, 1996 (Ga. L. 1996, p. 3734), as amended by an Act approved April 16, 1999 (Ga. L. 1999, p. 4455), so as to provide for an increase in the exemption amount and the income ceiling; to specify the terms and conditions of the exemption; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. us/states/ga Georgia General Assembly 2023_24 HB 787 Georgia HB 787 (2023_24)
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Steve Tarvin
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Georgia HB 787 (2023_24) — Whitfield County; School District; increase homestead exemption amount and income ceiling

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act providing a homestead exemption from Whitfield County School District ad valorem taxes for educational purposes in the amount of $30,000.00 of the assessed value of the homestead for certain residents of that school district who are 65 years of age or older and whose annual incomes do not exceed $15,000.00, approved April 1, 1996 (Ga. L. 1996, p. 3734), as amended by an Act approved April 16, 1999 (Ga. L. 1999, p. 4455), so as to provide for an increase in the exemption amount and the income ceiling; to specify the terms and conditions of the exemption; 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 787/AP* (committee substitute) — source
  2. LC 43 2782/a (committee substitute) — source
  3. Local Ad (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • Senate Vote #296 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — 500 (pass) · upper
  • House Vote #271 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — 1620 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

  • Jason Ridley — primary (person)
  • Kasey Carpenter — primary (person)
  • Steve Tarvin — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2023-03-20 House Hopper introduction
  • 2023-03-20 House First Readers reading-1
  • 2023-03-21 House Second Readers reading-2
  • 2023-03-23 House Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
  • 2023-03-23 House Third Readers reading-3
  • 2023-03-23 House Passed/Adopted passage
  • 2023-03-23 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
  • 2023-03-27 Senate Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
  • 2023-03-27 Senate Passed/Adopted passage
  • 2023-03-31 House Sent to Governor executive-receipt
  • 2023-05-03 House Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
  • 2023-05-03 Act 323 executive-signature
  • 2023-05-03 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/6c2ac74b-0fce-4b53-be47-667cecc86a21. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).