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type: "Bill"
title: "Pike County School District; increase exemptions for residents age 62 or older and provide new exemption for residents age 70 or older"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act providing for a homestead exemption from Pike County School District ad valorem taxation for certain residents, approved March 10, 1988 (Ga. L. 1988, p. 3824), as amended, so as to increase the exemptions from school district taxes for residents who are age 62 or older and to provide for a new exemption regardless of income for residents who are age 70 or older; to provide for related matters; to provide for compliance with constitutional requirements; to provide for a referendum, contingent effective dates, and automatic repeal; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2021_22"
identifier: "HB 1551"
citation: "Georgia HB 1551 (2021_22)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Beth Camp"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 14
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2022-03-09"
last_action: "2022-04-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/549dbf64-46fc-4dde-9d3b-edd1e34e0a2c"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "cedad8811fe9e2ff0e50170dca37a3dfeff843a5977df42ef1e4ce187ca5a254"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ga"]
---
# Georgia HB 1551 (2021_22) — Pike County School District; increase exemptions for residents age 62 or older and provide new exemption for residents age 70 or older
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act providing for a homestead exemption from Pike County School District ad valorem taxation for certain residents, approved March 10, 1988 (Ga. L. 1988, p. 3824), as amended, so as to increase the exemptions from school district taxes for residents who are age 62 or older and to provide for a new exemption regardless of income for residents who are age 70 or older; to provide for related matters; to provide for compliance with constitutional requirements; to provide for a referendum, contingent 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 1551/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/210772.pdf)
2. **LC 44 1921/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/208834.pdf)
3. **Local Ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/208840.pdf)
## Votes
- Local Calendar — **125–38** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Beth Camp — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2022-03-09** House Hopper
- **2022-03-11** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2022-03-15** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2022-03-23** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-23** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2022-03-23** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2022-03-25** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-29** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-29** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2022-03-29** Senate Transmitted House
- **2022-04-06** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-04-25** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2022-04-25** Act 675 `executive-signature`
- **2022-04-25** Effective Date
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/549dbf64-46fc-4dde-9d3b-edd1e34e0a2c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).