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type: "Bill"
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title: "Paulding County; School District; residents 65 years or older shall be exempt from ad valorem taxation for education purposes"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend a former local constitutional amendment, (Ga. L. 1982, p. 2511), which former local constitutional amendment was continued in effect as statutory law pursuant to Article VII, Section II, Paragraph IV of the Constitution of Georgia and which provided that the homestead of each resident of the Paulding County School District who is 65 years of age or over, regardless of income, shall be exempt from ad valorem taxation for educational purposes levied by or on behalf of the Paulding County School District, including ad valorem taxation to pay interest on or to retire school bond indebtedness, in the amount of 50 percent of the assessed value of such homestead minus any applicable exemptions otherwise provided by this Constitution on such homestead for educational purposes, 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: "2021_22"
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identifier: "HB 1507"
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citation: "Georgia HB 1507 (2021_22)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Joseph Gullett", "Kimberly Alexander", "Martin Momtahan", "Micah Gravley", "Trey Kelley", "Tyler Paul Smith"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 14
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2022-03-03"
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last_action: "2022-04-25"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f8a61c7c-50ec-4206-9f32-e9d75c731668"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "8300e1b26b561082d504018759b930820d8c936bba9dfab77ed2f77cd629a87d"
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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 1507 (2021_22) — Paulding County; School District; residents 65 years or older shall be exempt from ad valorem taxation for education purposes
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend a former local constitutional amendment, (Ga. L. 1982, p. 2511), which former local constitutional amendment was continued in effect as statutory law pursuant to Article VII, Section II, Paragraph IV of the Constitution of Georgia and which provided that the homestead of each resident of the Paulding County School District who is 65 years of age or over, regardless of income, shall be exempt from ad valorem taxation for educational purposes levied by or on behalf of the Paulding County School District, including ad valorem taxation to pay interest on or to retire school bond indebtedness, in the amount of 50 percent of the assessed value of such homestead minus any applicable exemptions otherwise provided by this Constitution on such homestead for educational purposes, 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 1507/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/210534.pdf)
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2. **LC 47 1205/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/208229.pdf)
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3. **Local Ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/208252.pdf)
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## Votes
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- Local Calendar — **125–38** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Joseph Gullett — primary (person)
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- Kimberly Alexander — primary (person)
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- Martin Momtahan — primary (person)
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- Micah Gravley — primary (person)
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- Trey Kelley — primary (person)
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- Tyler Paul Smith — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2022-03-03** House Hopper
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- **2022-03-04** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2022-03-08** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2022-03-23** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2022-03-23** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2022-03-23** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2022-03-25** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2022-03-28** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2022-03-28** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2022-03-28** Senate Transmitted House
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- **2022-04-06** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2022-04-25** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2022-04-25** Act 671 `executive-signature`
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- **2022-04-25** 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/f8a61c7c-50ec-4206-9f32-e9d75c731668`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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