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type: "Bill"
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title: "Commerce, City of; independent school district ad valorem tax; change net income limitation"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act providing a homestead exemption from City of Commerce 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. 4349), as amended, so as to change the net income limitation for receiving such exemptions from $18,000.00 to $25,000.00, not including certain retirement income; 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 162"
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citation: "Georgia HB 162 (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: "2019-02-06"
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last_action: "2019-04-30"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4cffdbb7-071c-4756-8899-e534e71b6ff9"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "1c04550a5ee0a1146457930930980aec41bd32b2d7adb7fe60cc51f6d213d896"
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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 162 (2019_20) — Commerce, City of; independent school district ad valorem tax; change net income limitation
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act providing a homestead exemption from City of Commerce 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. 4349), as amended, so as to change the net income limitation for receiving such exemptions from $18,000.00 to $25,000.00, not including certain retirement income; 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 162/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/182815.pdf)
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2. **LC 28 8945/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/180533.pdf)
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3. **Local Ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/180590.pdf)
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## Votes
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- Local Calendar Without — **156–0** (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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- **2019-02-06** House Hopper
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- **2019-02-07** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2019-02-08** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2019-02-13** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2019-02-13** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2019-02-13** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2019-02-14** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2019-02-25** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2019-02-25** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2019-04-04** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2019-04-30** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2019-04-30** Act 99 `executive-signature`
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- **2019-04-30** 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/4cffdbb7-071c-4756-8899-e534e71b6ff9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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