republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2023-24/hb-1269.md

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Bill	Gainesville, City of; ad valorem tax; municipal purposes; provide new homestead exemption	A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide for a new homestead exemption from City of Gainesville ad valorem taxes for municipal purposes in an amount equal to the amount by which the current year assessed value of a homestead exceeds the adjusted 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; to provide for compliance with constitutional requirements; to provide for a referendum, effective dates, and automatic repeal; to provide for 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 1269	Georgia HB 1269 (2023_24)	bill		enacted	Brent Cox David Clark Derrick McCollum Emory Dunahoo Lee Hawkins Matt Dubnik Soo Hong	3	13	2	2024-02-13	2024-05-06	openstates	ocd-bill/4f4e60bc-e81a-4dd7-8cda-acd919dec1c4	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	d7f6661c354dce275faa85be00ffd9702b1eda7b7d1086b49eb9be397c971539	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia HB 1269 (2023_24) — Gainesville, City of; ad valorem tax; municipal purposes; provide new homestead exemption

A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide for a new homestead exemption from City of Gainesville ad valorem taxes for municipal purposes in an amount equal to the amount by which the current year assessed value of a homestead exceeds the adjusted 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; to provide for compliance with constitutional requirements; to provide for a referendum, effective dates, and automatic repeal; to provide for 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 1269/AP* (committee substitute) — source
2. LC 43 2896/a (committee substitute) — source
3. Local Ad (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Senate Vote #646 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — 54–0 (pass) · upper
• House Vote #521 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — 167–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Brent Cox — primary (person)
• David Clark — primary (person)
• Derrick McCollum — primary (person)
• Emory Dunahoo — primary (person)
• Lee Hawkins — primary (person)
• Matt Dubnik — primary (person)
• Soo Hong — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-02-13 House Hopper introduction
• 2024-02-15 House First Readers reading-1
• 2024-02-16 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2024-02-22 House Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-02-22 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2024-02-22 House Passed/Adopted passage
• 2024-02-26 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2024-03-13 Senate Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-03-13 Senate Passed/Adopted passage
• 2024-04-01 House Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2024-05-06 House Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2024-05-06 Act 646 executive-signature
• 2024-05-06 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/4f4e60bc-e81a-4dd7-8cda-acd919dec1c4. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).