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type: "Bill"
title: "Jonesboro, City of; homestead exemptions from ad valorem taxes; provisions"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to conditionally repeal an Act providing for homestead exemptions from ad valorem taxes for city purposes for residents of the City of Jonesboro, approved May 14, 2002 (Ga. L. 2002, p. 5845), and to enact a new provision; to restate the amount of the homestead exemption for the assessed value of the homestead for residents of that city; 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 compliance with constitutional requirements; to provide for a referendum, effective dates, specific conditional repeal, and automatic repeal; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2017_18"
identifier: "HB 863"
citation: "Georgia HB 863 (2017_18)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Debra Bazemore", "Demetrius Douglas", "Mike Glanton", "Rhonda Burnough"]
version_count: 0
action_count: 16
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2018-02-07"
last_action: "2018-05-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/91f7d606-46f8-4832-b865-0c336b25ab11"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "540b4f336cb08d23e036fc3dc5f92e9de91bf3f99af6f6e2b113b0765fa9b6c6"
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 863 (2017_18) — Jonesboro, City of; homestead exemptions from ad valorem taxes; provisions
A BILL to be entitled an Act to conditionally repeal an Act providing for homestead exemptions from ad valorem taxes for city purposes for residents of the City of Jonesboro, approved May 14, 2002 (Ga. L. 2002, p. 5845), and to enact a new provision; to restate the amount of the homestead exemption for the assessed value of the homestead for residents of that city; 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 compliance with constitutional requirements; to provide for a referendum, effective dates, specific conditional repeal, and automatic repeal; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
## Votes
- Local Calendar — **10750** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Debra Bazemore — primary (person)
- Demetrius Douglas — primary (person)
- Mike Glanton — primary (person)
- Rhonda Burnough — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2018-02-07** House Hopper
- **2018-02-08** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2018-02-12** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2018-02-14** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-14** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2018-02-14** House Third Reading Lost `reading-3, failure`
- **2018-02-14** House Notice to Reconsider
- **2018-02-15** House Reconsidered
- **2018-02-28** House Passed/Adopted Reconsidered Bill/Resolution
- **2018-03-01** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-09** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-09** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2018-04-03** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-05-03** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2018-05-03** Act 384 `executive-signature`
- **2018-05-03** Effective Date
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/91f7d606-46f8-4832-b865-0c336b25ab11`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).