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type: "Bill"
title: "Atlanta, City of; ad valorem tax for municipal purposes; provide new homestead exemption"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide for a new homestead exemption from City of Atlanta ad valorem taxes for municipal purposes in the amount of $30,000.00 for each resident of the City of Atlanta who holds real property subject to a written lease having an initial term of not less than 99 years with a landlord that is an entity exempt from taxation under Section 501(c)(3) of the federal Internal Revenue Code and who owns all improvements located on the real property; 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 related matters; to provide for compliance with constitutional requirements; 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: "2019_20"
identifier: "HB 1167"
citation: "Georgia HB 1167 (2019_20)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bee Nguyen", "David Dreyer", "Kim Schofield", "Mable Thomas", "Park Cannon", "Pat Gardner"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 15
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2020-03-12"
last_action: "2020-06-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d5d67874-b03d-4a98-85dc-8c6748a94eed"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "8ddf8a14146489763b75a93e7a4c1866ef588c717473ddf09791316718e9868a"
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 1167 (2019_20) — Atlanta, City of; ad valorem tax for municipal purposes; provide new homestead exemption
A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide for a new homestead exemption from City of Atlanta ad valorem taxes for municipal purposes in the amount of $30,000.00 for each resident of the City of Atlanta who holds real property subject to a written lease having an initial term of not less than 99 years with a landlord that is an entity exempt from taxation under Section 501(c)(3) of the federal Internal Revenue Code and who owns all improvements located on the real property; 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 related matters; to provide for compliance with constitutional requirements; 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 1167/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/195337.pdf)
2. **LC 47 0502/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/193198.pdf)
3. **Local Ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/193202.pdf)
## Votes
- Remove from Local Calendar — **94–64** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Bee Nguyen — primary (person)
- David Dreyer — primary (person)
- Kim Schofield — primary (person)
- Mable Thomas — primary (person)
- Park Cannon — primary (person)
- Pat Gardner — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2020-03-12** House Hopper
- **2020-03-13** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2020-06-15** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2020-06-19** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-06-19** House Tabled
- **2020-06-22** House Taken from Table
- **2020-06-23** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2020-06-23** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2020-06-24** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2020-06-25** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-06-25** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2020-06-30** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2020-06-30** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2020-06-30** Act 426 `executive-signature`
- **2020-06-30** Effective Date
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d5d67874-b03d-4a98-85dc-8c6748a94eed`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).