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type: "Bill"
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title: "Newton County; the income cap and exemption provided to citizens who are 65 years of age or older; homestead exemption; increase"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act providing homestead exemptions from Newton County and Newton County School District ad valorem taxation, approved April 4, 1991 (Ga. L. 1991, p. 4328), so as to increase the income cap and exemption provided to citizens who are 65 years of age or older from Newton County School District ad valorem taxation; 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: "SB 311"
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citation: "Georgia SB 311 (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: ["Brian Strickland", "Tonya Anderson"]
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version_count: 4
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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: "2023-05-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/30dae85f-a6b1-477c-be4c-ad27c5eaca11"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "caf426f5069d2c64f3cd425fda35f171d999a90d18e12f89d97ce88f6b0575db"
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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 SB 311 (2023_24) — Newton County; the income cap and exemption provided to citizens who are 65 years of age or older; homestead exemption; increase
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act providing homestead exemptions from Newton County and Newton County School District ad valorem taxation, approved April 4, 1991 (Ga. L. 1991, p. 4328), so as to increase the income cap and exemption provided to citizens who are 65 years of age or older from Newton County School District ad valorem taxation; 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. **As Passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/219187.pdf)
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2. **As introduced LC 47 2425** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/218426.pdf)
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3. **SB 311 ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/218427.pdf)
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4. **SB 311/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/220090.pdf)
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## Votes
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- Senate Vote #272 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **47–0** (pass) · upper
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- House Vote #336 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **163–2** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Brian Strickland — primary (person)
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- Tonya Anderson — 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** Senate Hopper `introduction`
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- **2023-03-20** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2023-03-23** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-03-23** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2023-03-23** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2023-03-27** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2023-03-29** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-03-29** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2023-03-29** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2023-04-05** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2023-05-01** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2023-05-01** Act 139 `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/30dae85f-a6b1-477c-be4c-ad27c5eaca11`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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