republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2021-22/hb-1607.md

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Bill	Taylor County; ad valorem tax for educational purposes; provide homestead exemption	A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide a homestead exemption from Taylor County school district ad valorem taxes for educational purposes in the amount of 10 percent of the assessed value of the homestead for residents of that school district who are between 70 and 74 years of age, in the amount of 15 percent of the assessed value of the homestead for residents of that school district who are between 75 and 79 years of age, and in the amount of 20 percent of the assessed value of the homestead for residents of that school district who are 80 years of age or older; to provide for a referendum, effective dates, and automatic repeal; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2021_22	HB 1607	Georgia HB 1607 (2021_22)	bill		enacted	Patty Bentley	3	13	1	2022-03-28	2022-04-25	openstates	ocd-bill/6d755393-357c-4697-9541-226a6b8fba55	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	640978e0b4fc8ff1a99bf483e0fe82fcc803cd78b0aebebf2504006110d41367	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia HB 1607 (2021_22) — Taylor County; ad valorem tax for educational purposes; provide homestead exemption

A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide a homestead exemption from Taylor County school district ad valorem taxes for educational purposes in the amount of 10 percent of the assessed value of the homestead for residents of that school district who are between 70 and 74 years of age, in the amount of 15 percent of the assessed value of the homestead for residents of that school district who are between 75 and 79 years of age, and in the amount of 20 percent of the assessed value of the homestead for residents of that school district who are 80 years of age or older; 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 1607/AP* (committee substitute) — source
2. LC 47 1819/a (committee substitute) — source
3. Local Ad (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Local Calendar — 159–5 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Patty Bentley — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2022-03-28 House Hopper
• 2022-03-28 House First Readers reading-1
• 2022-03-29 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2022-03-30 House Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2022-03-30 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2022-03-30 House Passed/Adopted passage
• 2022-03-30 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2022-04-01 Senate Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2022-04-01 Senate Passed/Adopted passage
• 2022-04-07 House Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2022-04-25 House Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2022-04-25 Act 701 executive-signature
• 2022-04-25 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/6d755393-357c-4697-9541-226a6b8fba55. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).