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type: "Bill"
title: "Appling County; ad valorem tax for educational purposes; provide homestead exemption"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide a homestead exemption from Appling County school district ad valorem taxes for educational purposes in the amount of 100 percent of the assessed value of the homestead for residents of that school district who are 70 years of age or older and whose income, excluding certain retirement income, does not exceed $10,000.00; 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, automatic repeal, mandatory execution of election, and judicial remedies regarding failure to comply; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2023_24"
identifier: "HB 1441"
citation: "Georgia HB 1441 (2023_24)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bill Werkheiser", "Steven Meeks"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-03-04"
last_action: "2024-04-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1b4f3ce6-f968-4778-8466-0707d6b64a06"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "1b2ab7b63341b18ddd646a80a6e9e9aa66b131210a9adfc82cbd1b3b5f9c4008"
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 1441 (2023_24) — Appling County; ad valorem tax for educational purposes; provide homestead exemption
A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide a homestead exemption from Appling County school district ad valorem taxes for educational purposes in the amount of 100 percent of the assessed value of the homestead for residents of that school district who are 70 years of age or older and whose income, excluding certain retirement income, does not exceed $10,000.00; 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, automatic repeal, mandatory execution of election, and judicial remedies regarding failure to comply; to provide for related matters; 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 1441/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/227605.pdf)
2. **LC 47 2767/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/226335.pdf)
3. **Local Ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/226365.pdf)
## Votes
- Senate Vote #672 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **54–0** (pass) · upper
- House Vote #674 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **161–0** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Bill Werkheiser — primary (person)
- Steven Meeks — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2024-03-04** House Hopper `introduction`
- **2024-03-05** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2024-03-07** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2024-03-08** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-08** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2024-03-08** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2024-03-11** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-18** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-18** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2024-04-01** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-04-22** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2024-04-22** Act 453 `executive-signature`
- **2024-04-22** Effective Date
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1b4f3ce6-f968-4778-8466-0707d6b64a06`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).