republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2023-24/hb-1088.md

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Bill	Barrow County; ad valorem tax for educational purposes for certain senior citizens with certain maximum incomes; provide homestead exemption	A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide a homestead exemption from Barrow County school district ad valorem taxes for educational purposes for certain senior citizens with certain maximum incomes; 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.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2023_24	HB 1088	Georgia HB 1088 (2023_24)	bill		enacted	Chuck Efstration Holt Persinger Houston Gaines	3	14	2	2024-01-30	2024-05-01	openstates	ocd-bill/7fecb281-cae1-4c3f-a338-16f55445fa75	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	e2a972a879b83798b5cf30f0a72f0a0451cf34f10d208c8b33c624257bc56bc0	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia HB 1088 (2023_24) — Barrow County; ad valorem tax for educational purposes for certain senior citizens with certain maximum incomes; provide homestead exemption

A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide a homestead exemption from Barrow County school district ad valorem taxes for educational purposes for certain senior citizens with certain maximum incomes; 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 1088/AP* (committee substitute) — source
2. LC 44 2609/a (committee substitute) — source
3. Local Ad (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Senate Vote #522 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — 51–2 (pass) · upper
• House Vote #440 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — 158–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Chuck Efstration — primary (person)
• Holt Persinger — primary (person)
• Houston Gaines — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-01-30 House Hopper introduction
• 2024-01-31 House First Readers reading-1
• 2024-02-01 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2024-02-08 House Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-02-08 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2024-02-08 House Passed/Adopted passage
• 2024-02-08 House Immediately Transmitted to Senate
• 2024-02-09 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2024-02-21 Senate Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-02-21 Senate Passed/Adopted passage
• 2024-04-01 House Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2024-05-01 House Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2024-05-01 Act 521 executive-signature
• 2024-05-01 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/7fecb281-cae1-4c3f-a338-16f55445fa75. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).