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type: "Bill"
title: "Heard County; ad valorem tax for county and educational purposes; provide additional homestead exemption"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act to provide for homestead exemptions from Heard County ad valorem taxes for county purposes and from Heard County School District ad valorem taxes for educational purposes for certain residents of that county and school district, approved April 13, 1992 (Ga. L. 1992, p. 6107), so as to provide an additional homestead exemption from school district taxes for educational purposes in the amount of $20,000.00 for residents of the school district who are 70 years of age or older; to provide for compliance with constitutional requirements; to provide for a referendum, effective dates, and automatic repeal, mandatory execution of election, and judicial remedies regarding failure to comply; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2023_24"
identifier: "HB 395"
citation: "Georgia HB 395 (2023_24)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["David Huddleston"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-02-14"
last_action: "2023-05-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f8251884-d7a9-4e30-9b61-f1a152a26b03"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "c246559ac0aba07226595d829a2f7a0e83969be30c995326b5eafd12e0120d6a"
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 395 (2023_24) — Heard County; ad valorem tax for county and educational purposes; provide additional homestead exemption
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act to provide for homestead exemptions from Heard County ad valorem taxes for county purposes and from Heard County School District ad valorem taxes for educational purposes for certain residents of that county and school district, approved April 13, 1992 (Ga. L. 1992, p. 6107), so as to provide an additional homestead exemption from school district taxes for educational purposes in the amount of $20,000.00 for residents of the school district who are 70 years of age or older; to provide for compliance with constitutional requirements; to provide for a referendum, effective dates, and 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 395/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/216706.pdf)
2. **LC 47 2101/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/214584.pdf)
3. **Local Ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/214687.pdf)
## Votes
- Senate Vote #101 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- House Vote #70 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **165–0** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- David Huddleston — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2023-02-14** House Hopper `introduction`
- **2023-02-15** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2023-02-16** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2023-02-23** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-23** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2023-02-23** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2023-02-27** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-01** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-01** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2023-03-30** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-03** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-03** Act 277 `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-03** Effective Date
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f8251884-d7a9-4e30-9b61-f1a152a26b03`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).