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type: "Bill"
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title: "Jonesboro, City of; provide nonbinding advisory referendum to lower homestead exemption"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide for a nonbinding advisory referendum for the purpose of ascertaining whether the electors of the City of Jonesboro desire the governing authority of the City of Jonesboro to seek to lower the homestead exemption from all City of Jonesboro ad valorem taxes for municipal purposes over a period of time to the amount of $10,000.00 of the assessed value of the homestead for residents of that city; to provide for legislative purposes and findings; to provide for procedures and requirements relating thereto; to provide for related matters; 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: "2017_18"
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identifier: "HB 587"
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citation: "Georgia HB 587 (2017_18)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Debra Bazemore", "Demetrius Douglas", "Keisha Waites", "Mike Glanton", "Rhonda Burnough", "Valencia Stovall"]
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version_count: 0
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action_count: 13
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2017-03-14"
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last_action: "2017-05-04"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/25c27494-a01f-4caf-a957-d016c8fb18bf"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "e4b49a27a3ba0dddbcacee42195962fc9fcb74d7433c9c931328a2afb9d57a97"
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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 587 (2017_18) — Jonesboro, City of; provide nonbinding advisory referendum to lower homestead exemption
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide for a nonbinding advisory referendum for the purpose of ascertaining whether the electors of the City of Jonesboro desire the governing authority of the City of Jonesboro to seek to lower the homestead exemption from all City of Jonesboro ad valorem taxes for municipal purposes over a period of time to the amount of $10,000.00 of the assessed value of the homestead for residents of that city; to provide for legislative purposes and findings; to provide for procedures and requirements relating thereto; to provide for related matters; 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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## Votes
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- Local Calendar — **153–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Debra Bazemore — primary (person)
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- Demetrius Douglas — primary (person)
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- Keisha Waites — primary (person)
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- Mike Glanton — primary (person)
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- Rhonda Burnough — primary (person)
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- Valencia Stovall — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2017-03-14** House Hopper
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- **2017-03-15** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2017-03-16** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2017-03-20** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2017-03-20** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2017-03-20** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2017-03-22** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2017-03-28** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2017-03-28** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2017-04-04** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2017-05-04** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2017-05-04** Act 152 `executive-signature`
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- **2017-05-04** 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/25c27494-a01f-4caf-a957-d016c8fb18bf`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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