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type: "Bill"
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title: "McDuffie County; homestead exemption for residents 70 years of age or older; provide"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide a homestead exemption from McDuffie County school district ad valorem taxes for educational purposes in the amount of half the assessed value of the homestead for residents of that school district who are 70 years of age or older and in the full amount of the assessed value of the homestead for residents of that school district who are 75 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 a referendum, effective dates, and automatic repeal; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
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legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
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session: "2015_16"
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identifier: "HB 857"
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citation: "Georgia HB 857 (2015_16)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Barry Fleming", "Mack Jackson"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 14
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2016-01-27"
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last_action: "2016-03-31"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5f762856-cb1a-4577-b68f-b415dc3b4d8b"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "2bc55b452e6997ce9dc20f54fc46f815b117978bedd23f30e8345af0ba39ac37"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ga"]
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---
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# Georgia HB 857 (2015_16) — McDuffie County; homestead exemption for residents 70 years of age or older; provide
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide a homestead exemption from McDuffie County school district ad valorem taxes for educational purposes in the amount of half the assessed value of the homestead for residents of that school district who are 70 years of age or older and in the full amount of the assessed value of the homestead for residents of that school district who are 75 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 a referendum, effective dates, and automatic repeal; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **HB 857/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/159908.pdf)
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2. **LC 34 4780/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/155793.pdf)
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3. **Sen ctee sub LC 34 4903S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/159343.pdf)
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## Votes
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- Local Calendar — **153–1** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Barry Fleming — primary (person)
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- Mack Jackson — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2016-01-27** House Hopper
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- **2016-01-28** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2016-02-01** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2016-02-04** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2016-02-04** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2016-02-04** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2016-02-08** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2016-03-02** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2016-03-02** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2016-03-10** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
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- **2016-03-28** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2016-03-31** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2016-03-31** Act 319 `executive-signature`
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- **2016-03-31** Effective Date
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5f762856-cb1a-4577-b68f-b415dc3b4d8b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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