republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2023-24/hb-1320.md

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Bill	Buford, City of; ad valorem tax for municipal purposes; increase 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 in the amount of $22,000.00 of the assessed value of the homestead for residents of the City of Buford, approved May 6, 2005 (Ga. L. 2005, p. 3890), so as to increase 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 1320	Georgia HB 1320 (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/17b3d826-542e-48e3-a438-3ff2476f66ce	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	dde832316a302ce7548822b00b9d849a7a5845781bd15821ad00a20e25a3b622	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia HB 1320 (2023_24) — Buford, City of; ad valorem tax for municipal purposes; increase 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 in the amount of $22,000.00 of the assessed value of the homestead for residents of the City of Buford, approved May 6, 2005 (Ga. L. 2005, p. 3890), so as to increase 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 1320/AP* (committee substitute) — source
2. LC 44 2706/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 539 executive-signature
• 2024-05-01 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/17b3d826-542e-48e3-a438-3ff2476f66ce. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).