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type: "Bill"
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title: "DeKalb County; increase income cap on homestead exemption for citizens age 65 or older meeting certain income requirements; provisions"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act to provide that each resident of DeKalb County who is 65 years of age or over or disabled and whose net income together with the net income of the spouse and all members of the family who reside at the homestead of such resident does not exceed $15,000.00 per annum shall be granted an exemption from all DeKalb County ad valorem taxes, except county school district taxes, in the amount of $14,000.00 of the value of the homestead of such resident, approved March 15, 1988 (Ga. L. 1988, p. 4114), so as to increase the income cap on said homestead exemption to $37,500.00; to provide for mandatory execution of election and judicial remedies regarding failure to comply; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
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legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
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session: "2023_24"
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identifier: "HB 591"
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citation: "Georgia HB 591 (2023_24)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Becky Evans", "Billy Mitchell", "Karen Bennett", "Karla Drenner", "Long Tran", "Omari Crawford"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 13
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2023-02-27"
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last_action: "2023-05-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3477ac2b-f1cf-41cc-aa34-1b1da69a332d"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "5cca733fd094758ad34dda9ba8d04ba79af5336a7e74f47275f78e7c52ace6ce"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ga"]
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---
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# Georgia HB 591 (2023_24) — DeKalb County; increase income cap on homestead exemption for citizens age 65 or older meeting certain income requirements; provisions
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act to provide that each resident of DeKalb County who is 65 years of age or over or disabled and whose net income together with the net income of the spouse and all members of the family who reside at the homestead of such resident does not exceed $15,000.00 per annum shall be granted an exemption from all DeKalb County ad valorem taxes, except county school district taxes, in the amount of $14,000.00 of the value of the homestead of such resident, approved March 15, 1988 (Ga. L. 1988, p. 4114), so as to increase the income cap on said homestead exemption to $37,500.00; to provide for mandatory execution of election and judicial remedies regarding failure to comply; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **HB 591/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/220020.pdf)
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2. **LC 47 2128/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/216099.pdf)
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3. **Local Ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/216194.pdf)
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## Votes
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- House Vote #271 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **162–0** (pass) · lower
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- Senate Vote #338 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **52–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Becky Evans — primary (person)
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- Billy Mitchell — primary (person)
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- Karen Bennett — primary (person)
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- Karla Drenner — primary (person)
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- Long Tran — primary (person)
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- Omari Crawford — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2023-02-27** House Hopper `introduction`
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- **2023-02-28** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2023-03-01** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2023-03-23** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-03-23** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2023-03-23** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2023-03-23** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2023-03-27** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-03-29** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2023-04-05** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2023-05-01** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2023-05-01** Act 152 `executive-signature`
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- **2023-05-01** Effective Date
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3477ac2b-f1cf-41cc-aa34-1b1da69a332d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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