republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2019-20/hb-163.md

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Bill	Jefferson, City of; independent school district ad valorem tax; change net income limitation	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act providing a homestead exemption from City of Jefferson independent school district ad valorem taxes for educational purposes in the amount of $10,000.00 of the assessed value of the homestead for certain residents of that school district who are 62 years of age or over and an additional homestead exemption in the amount of $20,000.00 of the assessed value of the homestead for certain residents of that school district who are 65 years of age or over and whose net income, excluding certain retirement income, does not exceed $18,000.00, approved April 25, 2002 (Ga. L. 2002, p. 4353), as amended, so as to change the net income limitation for receiving such exemptions from $18,000.00 to $25,000.00, not including certain retirement income; to provide for a referendum, effective dates, and automatic repeal; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2019_20	HB 163	Georgia HB 163 (2019_20)	bill		enacted	Tommy Benton	3	13	1	2019-02-06	2019-04-30	openstates	ocd-bill/dba33216-dcb2-464e-aef6-12cf39a429dd	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	f391ae36992bedaa0ea9235b4028f7b9160d940f151339e356c20e3e1478425d	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia HB 163 (2019_20) — Jefferson, City of; independent school district ad valorem tax; change net income limitation

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act providing a homestead exemption from City of Jefferson independent school district ad valorem taxes for educational purposes in the amount of $10,000.00 of the assessed value of the homestead for certain residents of that school district who are 62 years of age or over and an additional homestead exemption in the amount of $20,000.00 of the assessed value of the homestead for certain residents of that school district who are 65 years of age or over and whose net income, excluding certain retirement income, does not exceed $18,000.00, approved April 25, 2002 (Ga. L. 2002, p. 4353), as amended, so as to change the net income limitation for receiving such exemptions from $18,000.00 to $25,000.00, not including certain retirement income; to provide for a referendum, effective dates, and automatic repeal; to provide for an effective date; 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 163/AP* (committee substitute) — source
2. LC 28 8946/a (committee substitute) — source
3. Local Ad (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Local Calendar Without — 156–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Tommy Benton — primary (person)

Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

• 2019-02-06 House Hopper
• 2019-02-07 House First Readers reading-1
• 2019-02-08 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2019-02-13 House Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-02-13 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2019-02-13 House Passed/Adopted passage
• 2019-02-14 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2019-02-25 Senate Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-02-25 Senate Passed/Adopted passage
• 2019-04-04 House Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2019-04-30 House Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2019-04-30 Act 100 executive-signature
• 2019-04-30 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/dba33216-dcb2-464e-aef6-12cf39a429dd. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).