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type: "Bill"
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title: "Brookhaven, City of; existing general homestead exemption; increase"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act to incorporate the City of Brookhaven in DeKalb County, approved April 16, 2012 (Ga. L. 2012, p. 5527), as amended, so as to increase the existing general homestead exemption to $40,000.00 through five annual increases; to provide for compliance with constitutional requirements; to provide for a referendum, effective dates, and automatic repeal; 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 645"
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citation: "Georgia HB 645 (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: ["Mary Oliver", "Matthew Wilson", "Scott Holcomb"]
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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: "2019-03-21"
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last_action: "2019-05-06"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/eb636153-cfb3-4bdd-aaea-e9573c3dee01"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "104b124d3dc7e50875d56d5c0b232e106653ba28fdcb4c452c86f4f5d494e742"
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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 645 (2019_20) — Brookhaven, City of; existing general homestead exemption; increase
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act to incorporate the City of Brookhaven in DeKalb County, approved April 16, 2012 (Ga. L. 2012, p. 5527), as amended, so as to increase the existing general homestead exemption to $40,000.00 through five annual increases; to provide for compliance with constitutional requirements; to provide for a referendum, effective dates, and automatic repeal; 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 645/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/187448.pdf)
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2. **LC 47 0154/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/185299.pdf)
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3. **Local Ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/185367.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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- Mary Oliver — primary (person)
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- Matthew Wilson — primary (person)
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- Scott Holcomb — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2019-03-21** House Hopper
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- **2019-03-22** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2019-03-25** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2019-03-26** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2019-03-26** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2019-03-26** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2019-03-28** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2019-03-29** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2019-04-02** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2019-04-11** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2019-05-06** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2019-05-06** Act 165 `executive-signature`
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- **2019-05-06** 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/eb636153-cfb3-4bdd-aaea-e9573c3dee01`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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