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type: "Bill"
title: "Haralson County; ad valorem tax; educational purposes; homestead exemption; increase amount"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act to provide a homestead exemption from Haralson County School District ad valorem taxes for educational purposes in the amount of $8,000.00 of the assessed value of the homestead for certain residents of that school district who have annual incomes not exceeding $10,000.00 and who are 65 years of age or over, approved April 9, 1999 (Ga. L. 1999, p. 4087), as amended, so as to increase the amount of the exemption and repeal a maximum income restriction; to provide for a definition; 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 provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2023_24"
identifier: "HB 1140"
citation: "Georgia HB 1140 (2023_24)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Tyler Paul Smith"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-02-06"
last_action: "2024-03-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6d5ce30c-c518-4804-bb75-da1ce3b9a341"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "23fc6c9d7be4b1508ab667ec0d90591a7214c29cd7378f63919749180a56a73b"
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 1140 (2023_24) — Haralson County; ad valorem tax; educational purposes; homestead exemption; increase amount
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act to provide a homestead exemption from Haralson County School District ad valorem taxes for educational purposes in the amount of $8,000.00 of the assessed value of the homestead for certain residents of that school district who have annual incomes not exceeding $10,000.00 and who are 65 years of age or over, approved April 9, 1999 (Ga. L. 1999, p. 4087), as amended, so as to increase the amount of the exemption and repeal a maximum income restriction; to provide for a definition; 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 provide for related matters; 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 1140/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/226066.pdf)
2. **LC 44 2567/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/222967.pdf)
3. **Local Ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/223001.pdf)
## Votes
- House Vote #457 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **158–0** (pass) · lower
- Senate Vote #580 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **46–0** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Tyler Paul Smith — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2024-02-06** House Hopper `introduction`
- **2024-02-07** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2024-02-08** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2024-02-12** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-12** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2024-02-12** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2024-02-12** House Immediately Transmitted to Senate
- **2024-02-13** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-29** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-29** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2024-03-26** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-26** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2024-03-26** Act 372 `executive-signature`
- **2024-03-26** Effective Date
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6d5ce30c-c518-4804-bb75-da1ce3b9a341`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).