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type: "Bill"
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title: "Decatur, City of; ad valorem tax; municipal purposes; modify homestead exemption"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act providing a homestead exemption from certain City of Decatur ad valorem taxes, approved April 19, 2000 (Ga. L. 2000, p. 4285), as amended, particularly by an Act approved April 26, 2016 (Ga. L. 2016, p. 3627), so as to modify the amount of a homestead exemption from City of Decatur ad valorem taxes for municipal purposes except for ad valorem taxes levied to pay interest on and to retire municipal bonded indebtedness in the amount of $40,000.00 of the assessed value of the homestead for residents of that city; 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 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 632"
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citation: "Georgia HB 632 (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", "Karla Drenner", "Mary Oliver", "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: "2023-02-28"
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last_action: "2023-05-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b50cd3a5-3b2d-49fb-8ba6-2d5664171c56"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "fbfc22bf22406420e0271340368c53ee1d203148d739fbc6da203fbd55f6358c"
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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 632 (2023_24) — Decatur, City of; ad valorem tax; municipal purposes; modify homestead exemption
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act providing a homestead exemption from certain City of Decatur ad valorem taxes, approved April 19, 2000 (Ga. L. 2000, p. 4285), as amended, particularly by an Act approved April 26, 2016 (Ga. L. 2016, p. 3627), so as to modify the amount of a homestead exemption from City of Decatur ad valorem taxes for municipal purposes except for ad valorem taxes levied to pay interest on and to retire municipal bonded indebtedness in the amount of $40,000.00 of the assessed value of the homestead for residents of that city; 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 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 632/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/218047.pdf)
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2. **LC 47 2064/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/216422.pdf)
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3. **Local Ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/216424.pdf)
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## Votes
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- Senate Vote #232 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **49–0** (pass) · upper
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- House Vote #219 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **157–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Becky Evans — primary (person)
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- Karla Drenner — primary (person)
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- Mary Oliver — 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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- **2023-02-28** House Hopper `introduction`
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- **2023-03-01** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2023-03-02** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2023-03-09** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-03-09** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2023-03-09** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2023-03-13** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2023-03-15** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-03-15** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2023-03-30** 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 163 `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/b50cd3a5-3b2d-49fb-8ba6-2d5664171c56`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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