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type: "Bill"
title: "Bartow County; ad valorem tax; homestead exemption for education purposes; increase income cap"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act to provide a homestead exemption from certain Bartow County School District ad valorem taxes for education purposes in the amount of $28,000.00 of the assessed value of the homestead for certain residents of that school district who are disabled and who do not have a gross income from all sources, including Social Security and any other retirement or disability income and including the income of all members of the family residing within said homestead, exceeding $20,000.00 per annum for the immediately preceding year, approved April 5, 1994 (Ga. L. 1994, p. 4900), so as to increase the income cap to $36,000.00; to provide for a referendum, effective dates, and 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 1145"
citation: "Georgia HB 1145 (2023_24)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Matthew Gambill", "Mitchell Scoggins"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-02-06"
last_action: "2024-05-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0f46350e-62f7-4bcc-bc6c-e53c9b5fd276"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "fc944c14cc7f7f91fbc7bafe07a889b139eaab0c2d06d043db81a2ef3e734f77"
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 1145 (2023_24) — Bartow County; ad valorem tax; homestead exemption for education purposes; increase income cap
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act to provide a homestead exemption from certain Bartow County School District ad valorem taxes for education purposes in the amount of $28,000.00 of the assessed value of the homestead for certain residents of that school district who are disabled and who do not have a gross income from all sources, including Social Security and any other retirement or disability income and including the income of all members of the family residing within said homestead, exceeding $20,000.00 per annum for the immediately preceding year, approved April 5, 1994 (Ga. L. 1994, p. 4900), so as to increase the income cap to $36,000.00; to provide for a referendum, effective dates, and 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 1145/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/224870.pdf)
2. **LC 47 2754/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/222966.pdf)
3. **Local Ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/223053.pdf)
## Votes
- Senate Vote #522 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **51–2** (pass) · upper
- House Vote #457 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **158–0** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Matthew Gambill — primary (person)
- Mitchell Scoggins — 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`
- **2024-02-21** 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 525 `executive-signature`
- **2024-05-01** Effective Date
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0f46350e-62f7-4bcc-bc6c-e53c9b5fd276`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).