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type: "Bill"
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title: "Oconee County; ad valorem tax; close certain homestead exemption to new applicants"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act to provide a homestead exemption from Oconee County ad valorem taxes for the full value of the homestead for residents of that county who are 65 years of age or over and whose gross household income does not exceed $40,000.00, approved May 4, 2006 (Ga. L. 2006, p. 4127), so as to close such exemption to new applications; 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."
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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 768"
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citation: "Georgia HB 768 (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: ["Houston Gaines", "Marcus Wiedower"]
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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: "2023-03-20"
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last_action: "2023-04-27"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4c3305f0-0397-4b67-832c-b363f9e70ad2"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "42ed812d8bdc53c80a369bb138304ad9d35dee7eb0dac96e46679855b71a9798"
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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 768 (2023_24) — Oconee County; ad valorem tax; close certain homestead exemption to new applicants
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act to provide a homestead exemption from Oconee County ad valorem taxes for the full value of the homestead for residents of that county who are 65 years of age or over and whose gross household income does not exceed $40,000.00, approved May 4, 2006 (Ga. L. 2006, p. 4127), so as to close such exemption to new applications; 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.
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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 768/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/220036.pdf)
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2. **LC 47 2261/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/218536.pdf)
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3. **Local Ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/218732.pdf)
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## Votes
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- Senate Vote #338 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **52–0** (pass) · upper
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- House Vote #271 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **162–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Houston Gaines — primary (person)
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- Marcus Wiedower — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2023-03-20** House Hopper `introduction`
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- **2023-03-20** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2023-03-21** 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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- **2023-04-06** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2023-04-27** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2023-04-27** Act 44 `executive-signature`
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- **2023-04-27** 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/4c3305f0-0397-4b67-832c-b363f9e70ad2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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