republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2023-24/hb-1319.md

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Bill	Buford, City of; ad valorem tax for municipal purposes; lower age for exemption	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act providing a homestead exemption from City of Buford ad valorem taxes for municipal purposes for the full value of the homestead for residents of that city who are 70 years of age or over, approved May 6, 2005, (Ga. L. 2005 p. 3893), so as to lower the age for the exemption; 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 1319	Georgia HB 1319 (2023_24)	bill		enacted	David Clark Derrick McCollum Farooq Mughal Matt Reeves Soo Hong	3	13	2	2024-02-20	2024-05-01	openstates	ocd-bill/bee62d1c-41b5-419d-a169-abe5a3975704	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	cdf545d80e3bc02fca4bd7304a48c7e56dfbc7942c51a17f1eaef205b2470e29	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia HB 1319 (2023_24) — Buford, City of; ad valorem tax for municipal purposes; lower age for exemption

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act providing a homestead exemption from City of Buford ad valorem taxes for municipal purposes for the full value of the homestead for residents of that city who are 70 years of age or over, approved May 6, 2005, (Ga. L. 2005 p. 3893), so as to lower the age for the exemption; 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 1319/AP* (committee substitute) — source
2. LC 44 2707/a (committee substitute) — source
3. Local Ad (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Senate Vote #688 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — 50–1 (pass) · upper
• House Vote #585 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — 158–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• David Clark — primary (person)
• Derrick McCollum — primary (person)
• Farooq Mughal — primary (person)
• Matt Reeves — primary (person)
• Soo Hong — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-02-20 House Hopper introduction
• 2024-02-21 House First Readers reading-1
• 2024-02-22 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2024-02-29 House Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-02-29 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2024-02-29 House Passed/Adopted passage
• 2024-03-04 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2024-03-20 Senate Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-03-20 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 538 executive-signature
• 2024-05-01 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/bee62d1c-41b5-419d-a169-abe5a3975704. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).