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type: "Bill"
title: "Jackson County; school district ad valorem tax for educational purposes; provide homestead exemption"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide a homestead exemption from Jackson County school district ad valorem taxes for educational purposes for senior citizens in an amount equal to the amount by which the current year assessed value of a homestead exceeds the base year assessed value of such homestead; to provide for definitions; to specify the terms and conditions of the exemption and the procedures relating thereto; to provide for applicability and eligibility; to provide for compliance with constitutional requirements; to provide for a referendum, effective dates, automatic repeal, mandatory execution of election, and judicial remedies regarding failure to comply; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2023_24"
identifier: "HB 1003"
citation: "Georgia HB 1003 (2023_24)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chris Erwin", "Emory Dunahoo", "Holt Persinger", "Houston Gaines"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-01-23"
last_action: "2024-04-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5bbdb5cc-2d32-44e2-bd86-05202a3cb25a"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "21b749422c1aaa349c4db2889c6fbf0e646ec81a0c25a159cb399a31abfc6b17"
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 1003 (2023_24) — Jackson County; school district ad valorem tax for educational purposes; provide homestead exemption
A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide a homestead exemption from Jackson County school district ad valorem taxes for educational purposes for senior citizens in an amount equal to the amount by which the current year assessed value of a homestead exceeds the base year assessed value of such homestead; to provide for definitions; to specify the terms and conditions of the exemption and the procedures relating thereto; to provide for applicability and eligibility; to provide for compliance with constitutional requirements; to provide for a referendum, effective dates, automatic repeal, mandatory execution of election, and judicial remedies regarding failure to comply; 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 1003/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/223299.pdf)
2. **LC 44 2493/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/221570.pdf)
3. **Local Ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/221608.pdf)
## Votes
- House Vote #423 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **164–0** (pass) · lower
- Senate Vote #476 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **48–1** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Chris Erwin — primary (person)
- Emory Dunahoo — primary (person)
- Holt Persinger — primary (person)
- Houston Gaines — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2024-01-23** House Hopper `introduction`
- **2024-01-24** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2024-01-25** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2024-02-01** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-01** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2024-02-01** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2024-02-06** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-08** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-08** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2024-04-01** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-04-22** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2024-04-22** Act 444 `executive-signature`
- **2024-04-22** Effective Date
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5bbdb5cc-2d32-44e2-bd86-05202a3cb25a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).