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type: "Bill"
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title: "Jefferson, City of; independent school district ad valorem tax homestead exemption; require yearly income statements to continue to receive exemption"
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description: "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."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
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legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
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session: "2019_20"
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identifier: "HB 1177"
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citation: "Georgia HB 1177 (2019_20)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Tommy Benton"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 13
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2020-06-15"
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last_action: "2021-01-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/92ce9f70-ce71-4058-a8cb-bd7ced8fe5f0"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "cef5ddab2953b1f785bc06383dc2fa79a26b4a98e73462a4e20cf911e301c3cf"
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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 1177 (2019_20) — Jefferson, City of; independent school district ad valorem tax homestead exemption; require yearly income statements to continue to receive exemption
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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.
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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 1177/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/194866.pdf)
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2. **LC 47 0474/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/193394.pdf)
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3. **Local Ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/193400.pdf)
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## Votes
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- Local Calendar — **156–1** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Tommy Benton — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2020-06-15** House Hopper
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- **2020-06-15** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2020-06-16** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2020-06-19** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2020-06-19** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2020-06-19** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2020-06-20** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2020-06-24** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2020-06-24** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2020-06-29** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2020-07-29** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2020-07-29** Act 527 `executive-signature`
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- **2021-01-01** 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/92ce9f70-ce71-4058-a8cb-bd7ced8fe5f0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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