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type: "Bill"
title: "Barrow County; ad valorem tax; eliminate requirement to submit a new application for the exemption in the year following a reevaluation"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act providing for a homestead exemption from certain Barrow County school district ad valorem taxes for educational purposes, approved May 1, 2006 (Ga. L. 2006, p. 3974), so as to eliminate the requirement to submit a new application for the exemption in the year following a reevaluation; to provide for a referendum, effective dates, and automatic repeal; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2015_16"
identifier: "HB 449"
citation: "Georgia HB 449 (2015_16)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Regina Quick", "Terry England", "Tom Kirby"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 13
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2015-02-23"
last_action: "2015-05-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/91666c88-263b-46e9-aeb0-f81615b1662a"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "e72a13dce62019e59280912944d9ed6d3d35e11a0472a6985a51fa07fe5e23e7"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ga"]
---
# Georgia HB 449 (2015_16) — Barrow County; ad valorem tax; eliminate requirement to submit a new application for the exemption in the year following a reevaluation
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act providing for a homestead exemption from certain Barrow County school district ad valorem taxes for educational purposes, approved May 1, 2006 (Ga. L. 2006, p. 3974), so as to eliminate the requirement to submit a new application for the exemption in the year following a reevaluation; 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 449/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/150296.pdf)
2. **LC 34 4296/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/148930.pdf)
## Votes
- Local Calendar — **1660** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Regina Quick — primary (person)
- Terry England — primary (person)
- Tom Kirby — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2015-02-23** House Hopper
- **2015-02-24** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2015-02-25** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2015-02-26** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2015-02-26** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2015-02-26** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2015-03-02** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2015-03-04** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2015-03-04** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2015-04-06** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2015-05-12** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2015-05-12** Act 221 `executive-signature`
- **2015-05-12** Effective Date
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/91666c88-263b-46e9-aeb0-f81615b1662a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).