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type: "Bill"
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title: "Clarke County; ad valorem tax; increase existing general and senior homestead exemptions"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act to grant to residents of Clarke County and the Clarke County School District, upon their homesteads, an exemption of $10,000.00 from certain ad valorem taxes levied by the Unified Government of Athens-Clarke County, Georgia, and levied by, for, or on behalf of the Clarke County School District, approved April 13, 1992 (Ga. L. 1992, p. 6241), as amended, so as to increase the existing general and senior homestead exemptions and create a low-income base year assessed value homestead exemption from certain ad valorem taxes levied by the Unified Government of Athens-Clarke County for unified government purposes; to provide for applicability; to provide for compliance with constitutional requirements; 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 797"
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citation: "Georgia HB 797 (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: ["Houston Gaines", "Marcus Wiedower"]
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version_count: 6
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action_count: 20
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2021-03-22"
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last_action: "2022-04-18"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3dab4ceb-972e-421f-9e42-116753de908f"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "40bf8e4ce999db99954c2efd7cb74ec20818c59d04a5351f7780f21007b1ae6c"
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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 797 (2021_22) — Clarke County; ad valorem tax; increase existing general and senior homestead exemptions
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act to grant to residents of Clarke County and the Clarke County School District, upon their homesteads, an exemption of $10,000.00 from certain ad valorem taxes levied by the Unified Government of Athens-Clarke County, Georgia, and levied by, for, or on behalf of the Clarke County School District, approved April 13, 1992 (Ga. L. 1992, p. 6241), as amended, so as to increase the existing general and senior homestead exemptions and create a low-income base year assessed value homestead exemption from certain ad valorem taxes levied by the Unified Government of Athens-Clarke County for unified government purposes; to provide for applicability; to provide for compliance with constitutional requirements; 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 797/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/211719.pdf)
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2. **LC 47 1046/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/201031.pdf)
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3. **LC 47 1828S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/210517.pdf)
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4. **LC 47 1838S/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/210742.pdf)
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5. **LC 47 1838S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/210741.pdf)
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6. **Local Ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/201091.pdf)
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## Votes
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- Local Calendar — **108–56** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Houston Gaines — primary (person)
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- Marcus Wiedower — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2021-03-22** House Hopper
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- **2021-03-22** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2021-03-23** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2021-03-25** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-03-25** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2021-03-25** House Third Reading Lost `failure, reading-3`
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- **2021-03-25** House Reconsidered
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- **2022-01-13** House Withdrawn, Recommitted `referral-committee, withdrawal`
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- **2022-03-28** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2022-03-28** House Withdrawn, Recommitted `referral-committee, withdrawal`
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- **2022-03-29** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2022-03-29** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2022-03-29** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2022-03-29** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2022-04-01** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2022-04-01** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2022-04-07** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2022-04-18** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2022-04-18** Act 605 `executive-signature`
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- **2022-04-18** 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/3dab4ceb-972e-421f-9e42-116753de908f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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