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type: "Bill"
title: "Catoosa County; ad valorem tax; provide homestead exemption for unremarried surviving spouse"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act to provide a homestead exemption from all Catoosa County School District ad valorem taxes for educational purposes in the amount of the full value of the homestead for certain residents of that school district who are 75 years of age or over, approved April 2, 1998 (Ga. L. 1998, p. 4051), so as to provide that the unremarried surviving spouse of a person granted the exemption provided for in this Act shall continue to receive such exemption following the death of the original grantee, provided that such surviving spouse is 70 years of age or older; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2023_24"
identifier: "HB 511"
citation: "Georgia HB 511 (2023_24)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Mitchell Horner", "Steve Tarvin"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-02-21"
last_action: "2023-05-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7b14f7c8-c677-49ad-b0bf-07d332fdc128"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "318e8e793ad8abe6dd3681b27b8f7afdfd5ab50c35fa001d43ae3984173eb7f0"
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 511 (2023_24) — Catoosa County; ad valorem tax; provide homestead exemption for unremarried surviving spouse
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act to provide a homestead exemption from all Catoosa County School District ad valorem taxes for educational purposes in the amount of the full value of the homestead for certain residents of that school district who are 75 years of age or over, approved April 2, 1998 (Ga. L. 1998, p. 4051), so as to provide that the unremarried surviving spouse of a person granted the exemption provided for in this Act shall continue to receive such exemption following the death of the original grantee, provided that such surviving spouse is 70 years of age or older; 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 511/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/218638.pdf)
2. **LC 47 2112/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/215354.pdf)
3. **Local Ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/215471.pdf)
## Votes
- Senate Vote #243 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **460** (pass) · upper
- House Vote #222 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **1640** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Mitchell Horner — primary (person)
- Steve Tarvin — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2023-02-21** House Hopper `introduction`
- **2023-02-22** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2023-02-23** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2023-03-13** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-13** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2023-03-13** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2023-03-14** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-20** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-20** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2023-03-30** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-01** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-01** Act 123 `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-01** Effective Date
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7b14f7c8-c677-49ad-b0bf-07d332fdc128`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).