republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2019-20/hb-975.md

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Bill	Madison County; ad valorem tax; provide homestead exemption	A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide a homestead exemption from Madison County ad valorem taxes for county purposes in the amount of $8,000.00 of the assessed value of the homestead for residents of that county who are 70 years of age or older in addition to existing senior exemptions; 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 repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2019_20	HB 975	Georgia HB 975 (2019_20)	bill		enacted	Alan Powell Tom McCall	3	13	1	2020-02-20	2020-06-30	openstates	ocd-bill/e1e02a8d-5cf3-4742-a678-d410fcca333e	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	1957c941e4e71c9b883ad838f77daefeaf8f3536cc1d80368129401f5706b996	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia HB 975 (2019_20) — Madison County; ad valorem tax; provide homestead exemption

A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide a homestead exemption from Madison County ad valorem taxes for county purposes in the amount of $8,000.00 of the assessed value of the homestead for residents of that county who are 70 years of age or older in addition to existing senior exemptions; 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 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 975/AP* (committee substitute) — source
2. LC 45 0399/a (committee substitute) — source
3. Local Ad (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Local Calendar — 157–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Alan Powell — primary (person)
• Tom McCall — primary (person)

Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

• 2020-02-20 House Hopper
• 2020-02-21 House First Readers reading-1
• 2020-02-24 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2020-02-25 House Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2020-02-25 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2020-02-25 House Passed/Adopted passage
• 2020-02-26 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2020-03-03 Senate Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2020-03-03 Senate Passed/Adopted passage
• 2020-06-24 House Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2020-06-30 House Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2020-06-30 Act 461 executive-signature
• 2020-06-30 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/e1e02a8d-5cf3-4742-a678-d410fcca333e. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).