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type: "Bill"
title: "Hart County; ad valorem tax; increase amount of homestead exemption"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act to provide for homestead exemptions from Hart County ad valorem taxes for county purposes and from Hart County School District ad valorem taxes for educational purposes for certain residents of that county and school district, approved April 6, 1992 (Ga. L. 1992, p. 5574), so as to increase the amount of such homestead exemption from Hart County ad valorem taxes for county purposes from $10,000.00 to $15,000.00 of the assessed value of that homestead; to provide for related matters; to provide for compliance with constitutional requirements; to provide for applicability; to provide for a referendum, contingent 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 1198"
citation: "Georgia HB 1198 (2019_20)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Alan Powell"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2020-06-16"
last_action: "2020-06-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ad2dcb6e-ba6a-4e25-92e5-2d2c20366468"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "dec73d9b3a4442acb735607bf9fef39a1d8f032d4d017e0fb441ac80ec1e0160"
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 1198 (2019_20) — Hart County; ad valorem tax; increase amount of homestead exemption
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act to provide for homestead exemptions from Hart County ad valorem taxes for county purposes and from Hart County School District ad valorem taxes for educational purposes for certain residents of that county and school district, approved April 6, 1992 (Ga. L. 1992, p. 5574), so as to increase the amount of such homestead exemption from Hart County ad valorem taxes for county purposes from $10,000.00 to $15,000.00 of the assessed value of that homestead; to provide for related matters; to provide for compliance with constitutional requirements; to provide for applicability; to provide for a referendum, contingent 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 1198/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/194616.pdf)
2. **LC 28 9801/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/193605.pdf)
3. **Local Ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/193719.pdf)
## Votes
- Local Calendar — **156–1** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Alan Powell — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2020-06-16** House Hopper
- **2020-06-17** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2020-06-18** 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`
- **2020-06-23** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-06-23** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2020-06-29** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2020-06-29** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2020-06-29** Act 354 `executive-signature`
- **2020-06-29** Effective Date
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ad2dcb6e-ba6a-4e25-92e5-2d2c20366468`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).