republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2023-24/hb-865.md

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Bill	Lamar County; school district ad valorem tax for educational purposes; provide exemption	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act entitled an Act to provide a homestead exemption from Lamar County school district ad valorem taxes for educational purposes in the amount of $7,000.00 of the assessed value of the homestead after a specified five-year phase-in period for residents of that school district who are 70 years of age or older, approved April 24, 2013 (Ga. L. 2013, p. 3702), so as to increase such homestead exemption; to provide for compliance with constitutional requirements; to provide for a referendum, effective dates, and 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 865	Georgia HB 865 (2023_24)	bill		enacted	Beth Camp David Knight	3	12	2	2024-01-08	2024-04-22	openstates	ocd-bill/8bb4e496-ef26-4d37-8d64-4f567f8a9765	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	ce078f344fd6b8b324bb6bb3206965e8d268269226d03b862b2cf4b82809f318	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia HB 865 (2023_24) — Lamar County; school district ad valorem tax for educational purposes; provide exemption

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act entitled an Act to provide a homestead exemption from Lamar County school district ad valorem taxes for educational purposes in the amount of $7,000.00 of the assessed value of the homestead after a specified five-year phase-in period for residents of that school district who are 70 years of age or older, approved April 24, 2013 (Ga. L. 2013, p. 3702), so as to increase such homestead exemption; to provide for compliance with constitutional requirements; to provide for a referendum, effective dates, and 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 865/AP* (committee substitute) — source
2. LC 44 2425/a (committee substitute) — source
3. Local Ad (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• House Vote #404 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — 154–0 (pass) · lower
• Senate Vote #474 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — 45–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Beth Camp — primary (person)
• David Knight — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-01-08 House Hopper introduction
• 2024-01-09 House First Readers reading-1
• 2024-01-10 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2024-01-25 House Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-01-25 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2024-01-25 House Passed/Adopted passage
• 2024-01-26 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2024-02-07 Senate Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-02-07 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 434 executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/8bb4e496-ef26-4d37-8d64-4f567f8a9765. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).