republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2015-16/hb-1138.md

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Bill	Haralson County; ad valorem tax; provide homestead exemption	A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide a homestead exemption from Haralson County ad valorem taxes for county purposes in the amount of $4,000.00 of the assessed value of the homestead for residents of that county who are 65 years of age or older and whose income, together with the income of the spouse of such resident who resides within such homestead and excluding certain retirement income, does not exceed $10,000.00; 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 repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2015_16	HB 1138	Georgia HB 1138 (2015_16)	bill		enacted	Kevin Cooke Trey Kelley	2	16	1	2016-03-10	2016-05-03	openstates	ocd-bill/b0645bb5-b720-49f7-9e7b-410265dfc01b	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	e3bfe8272de3158d98ce0446a6e596c46e07c594f72a1769f2f0a2250bbbb485	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia HB 1138 (2015_16) — Haralson County; ad valorem tax; provide homestead exemption

A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide a homestead exemption from Haralson County ad valorem taxes for county purposes in the amount of $4,000.00 of the assessed value of the homestead for residents of that county who are 65 years of age or older and whose income, together with the income of the spouse of such resident who resides within such homestead and excluding certain retirement income, does not exceed $10,000.00; 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 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 1138/AP* (committee substitute) — source
2. LC 43 0289/a (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Local Calendar Without HB 1131 — 167–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Kevin Cooke — primary (person)
• Trey Kelley — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2016-03-10 House Hopper
• 2016-03-11 House First Readers reading-1
• 2016-03-14 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2016-03-15 House Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2016-03-15 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2016-03-15 House Passed/Adopted passage
• 2016-03-16 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2016-03-24 Senate Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2016-03-24 Senate Lost failure, reading-3
• 2016-03-24 Senate Notice to Reconsider
• 2016-03-24 Senate Reconsidered
• 2016-03-24 Senate Passed/Adopted passage
• 2016-04-01 House Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2016-05-03 House Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2016-05-03 Act 623 executive-signature
• 2016-05-03 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/b0645bb5-b720-49f7-9e7b-410265dfc01b. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).