republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2019-20/hb-1216.md

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Bill	Union City; City of; ad valorem tax; provide homestead exemption	A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide for a homestead exemption from City of Union City ad valorem taxes for municipal purposes in the amount of $2,000.00 of 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, and automatic repeal; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2019_20	HB 1216	Georgia HB 1216 (2019_20)	bill		enacted	Debra Bazemore Derrick Jackson Sharon Beasley-Teague William Boddie	3	13	1	2020-06-16	2020-06-30	openstates	ocd-bill/f3e5eff7-3675-4765-b1cc-be95c9f99a97	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	ec3e7d2dcfa3d656fe3d94c2fd6b0e76c0e90168fa0b27b2eb8efdfb5c45f887	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia HB 1216 (2019_20) — Union City; City of; ad valorem tax; provide homestead exemption

A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide for a homestead exemption from City of Union City ad valorem taxes for municipal purposes in the amount of $2,000.00 of 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, 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.

1. HB 1216/AP* (committee substitute) — source
2. LC 47 0437/a (committee substitute) — source
3. Local Ad (committee substitute) — source

Votes

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

Sponsors

• Debra Bazemore — primary (person)
• Derrick Jackson — primary (person)
• Sharon Beasley-Teague — primary (person)
• William Boddie — 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
• 2020-06-25 Senate Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2020-06-25 Senate Passed/Adopted passage
• 2020-06-29 House Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2020-06-30 House Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2020-06-30 Act 437 executive-signature
• 2020-06-30 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/f3e5eff7-3675-4765-b1cc-be95c9f99a97. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).