republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2019-20/hb-1177.md

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Bill	Jefferson, City of; independent school district ad valorem tax homestead exemption; require yearly income statements to continue to receive exemption	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act providing a homestead exemption from City of Jefferson independent school district ad valorem taxes for educational purposes in the amount of $10,000.00 of the assessed value of the homestead for certain residents of that school district who are 62 years of age or over and an additional homestead exemption in the amount of $20,000.00 of the assessed value of the homestead for certain residents of that school district who are 65 years of age or over and whose net income, excluding certain retirement income, does not exceed $18,000.00, approved April 25, 2002 (Ga. L. 2002, p. 4353), as amended, so as to require yearly income statements to continue to receive the exemption; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date and for applicability; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2019_20	HB 1177	Georgia HB 1177 (2019_20)	bill		enacted	Tommy Benton	3	13	1	2020-06-15	2021-01-01	openstates	ocd-bill/92ce9f70-ce71-4058-a8cb-bd7ced8fe5f0	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	cef5ddab2953b1f785bc06383dc2fa79a26b4a98e73462a4e20cf911e301c3cf	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia HB 1177 (2019_20) — Jefferson, City of; independent school district ad valorem tax homestead exemption; require yearly income statements to continue to receive exemption

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act providing a homestead exemption from City of Jefferson independent school district ad valorem taxes for educational purposes in the amount of $10,000.00 of the assessed value of the homestead for certain residents of that school district who are 62 years of age or over and an additional homestead exemption in the amount of $20,000.00 of the assessed value of the homestead for certain residents of that school district who are 65 years of age or over and whose net income, excluding certain retirement income, does not exceed $18,000.00, approved April 25, 2002 (Ga. L. 2002, p. 4353), as amended, so as to require yearly income statements to continue to receive the exemption; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date and for applicability; 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 1177/AP* (committee substitute) — source
2. LC 47 0474/a (committee substitute) — source
3. Local Ad (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Local Calendar — 156–1 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Tommy Benton — primary (person)

Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

• 2020-06-15 House Hopper
• 2020-06-15 House First Readers reading-1
• 2020-06-16 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2020-06-19 House Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2020-06-19 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2020-06-19 House Passed/Adopted passage
• 2020-06-20 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2020-06-24 Senate Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2020-06-24 Senate Passed/Adopted passage
• 2020-06-29 House Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2020-07-29 House Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2020-07-29 Act 527 executive-signature
• 2021-01-01 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/92ce9f70-ce71-4058-a8cb-bd7ced8fe5f0. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).