republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2023-24/hb-1271.md

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Bill	Gainesville, City of; ad valorem taxes; educational purposes; provide new homestead exemption	A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide for a new homestead exemption from City of Gainesville independent school district ad valorem taxes for educational 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 1271	Georgia HB 1271 (2023_24)	bill		enacted	David Clark Derrick McCollum Emory Dunahoo Lee Hawkins Matt Dubnik Soo Hong	3	13	2	2024-02-13	2024-05-06	openstates	ocd-bill/9119f383-219f-469c-b752-731c2f4762ac	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	4ce9e5e61fcf5eaab781838446ff362439217de14b04b44c6698a592bbca15c9	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia HB 1271 (2023_24) — Gainesville, City of; ad valorem taxes; educational purposes; provide new homestead exemption

A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide for a new homestead exemption from City of Gainesville independent school district ad valorem taxes for educational 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 1271/AP* (committee substitute) — source
2. LC 47 2773/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

• 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 648 executive-signature
• 2024-05-06 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/9119f383-219f-469c-b752-731c2f4762ac. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).