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type: "Bill"
title: "Twiggs County; ad valorem tax; increase income cap on homestead exemption"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act restating and reenacting a certain homestead exemption from ad valorem taxes levied for county and school purposes and a certain homestead exemption from ad valorem taxes levied for county purposes in Twiggs County, approved March 20, 1990 (Ga. L. 1990, p. 3935), as amended, particularly by an Act approved May 5, 2006 (Ga. L. 2006, p. 4359), so as to increase the amount of the income cap on the exemption granted to certain residents 62 years of age or older; 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 provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2023_24"
identifier: "HB 806"
citation: "Georgia HB 806 (2023_24)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Danny Mathis"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-03-20"
last_action: "2023-05-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f7107e07-ba6f-4ca5-8d08-6dfd3e7f3c07"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "d0416c8f13a49df5ef1a8cb72f0ac6a1785b5648d181d4e7bd2ef0fc2e2ef356"
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 806 (2023_24) — Twiggs County; ad valorem tax; increase income cap on homestead exemption
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act restating and reenacting a certain homestead exemption from ad valorem taxes levied for county and school purposes and a certain homestead exemption from ad valorem taxes levied for county purposes in Twiggs County, approved March 20, 1990 (Ga. L. 1990, p. 3935), as amended, particularly by an Act approved May 5, 2006 (Ga. L. 2006, p. 4359), so as to increase the amount of the income cap on the exemption granted to certain residents 62 years of age or older; 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 provide for related matters; 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 806/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/220377.pdf)
2. **LC 47 2487/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/218697.pdf)
3. **Local Ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/218759.pdf)
## Votes
- House Vote #297 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **163–0** (pass) · lower
- Senate Vote #372 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **50–0** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Danny Mathis — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2023-03-20** House Hopper `introduction`
- **2023-03-21** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2023-03-23** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2023-03-27** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-27** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2023-03-27** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2023-03-27** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-29** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-29** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2023-04-03** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-01** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-01** Act 221 `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/f7107e07-ba6f-4ca5-8d08-6dfd3e7f3c07`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).