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type: "Bill"
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title: "Lamar County; school district ad valorem tax for educational purposes; provide exemption"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act entitled an Act to provide a homestead exemption from Lamar County school district ad valorem taxes for educational purposes in the amount of $7,000.00 of the assessed value of the homestead after a specified five-year phase-in period for residents of that school district who are 70 years of age or older, approved April 24, 2013 (Ga. L. 2013, p. 3702), so as to increase such homestead exemption; 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 865"
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citation: "Georgia HB 865 (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: ["Beth Camp", "David Knight"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 12
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2024-01-08"
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last_action: "2024-04-22"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8bb4e496-ef26-4d37-8d64-4f567f8a9765"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "ce078f344fd6b8b324bb6bb3206965e8d268269226d03b862b2cf4b82809f318"
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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 865 (2023_24) — Lamar County; school district ad valorem tax for educational purposes; provide exemption
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act entitled an Act to provide a homestead exemption from Lamar County school district ad valorem taxes for educational purposes in the amount of $7,000.00 of the assessed value of the homestead after a specified five-year phase-in period for residents of that school district who are 70 years of age or older, approved April 24, 2013 (Ga. L. 2013, p. 3702), so as to increase such homestead exemption; 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 865/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/223122.pdf)
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2. **LC 44 2425/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/220865.pdf)
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3. **Local Ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/220885.pdf)
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## Votes
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- House Vote #404 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **154–0** (pass) · lower
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- Senate Vote #474 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **45–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Beth Camp — primary (person)
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- David Knight — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2024-01-08** House Hopper `introduction`
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- **2024-01-09** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2024-01-10** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2024-01-25** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2024-01-25** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2024-01-25** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2024-01-26** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2024-02-07** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2024-02-07** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2024-04-01** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2024-04-22** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2024-04-22** Act 434 `executive-signature`
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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/8bb4e496-ef26-4d37-8d64-4f567f8a9765`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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