republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2023-24/hb-1086.md

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Bill	Barrow County; ad valorem tax for educational purposes for certain senior citizens with certain maximum incomes; provide homestead exemption	A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide a homestead exemption from Barrow County school district ad valorem taxes for educational purposes for certain senior citizens with certain maximum incomes in an amount equal to the amount by which the current year assessed value of a homestead exceeds the base year assessed value of such homestead; to provide for definitions; to specify the terms and conditions of the exemption and the procedures relating thereto; to provide for applicability and eligibility; 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.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2023_24	HB 1086	Georgia HB 1086 (2023_24)	bill		enacted	Chuck Efstration Holt Persinger Houston Gaines	3	14	2	2024-01-30	2024-05-01	openstates	ocd-bill/81bcb4cb-ee55-4ae6-aa25-90f3b1af3829	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	7889cf9eb3fc786d19d2fdd5acba9046dd363bca6efa165f609b6e21873f4ec8	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia HB 1086 (2023_24) — Barrow County; ad valorem tax for educational purposes for certain senior citizens with certain maximum incomes; provide homestead exemption

A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide a homestead exemption from Barrow County school district ad valorem taxes for educational purposes for certain senior citizens with certain maximum incomes in an amount equal to the amount by which the current year assessed value of a homestead exceeds the base year assessed value of such homestead; to provide for definitions; to specify the terms and conditions of the exemption and the procedures relating thereto; to provide for applicability and eligibility; 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.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. HB 1086/AP* (committee substitute) — source
2. LC 44 2608/a (committee substitute) — source
3. Local Ad (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• House Vote #440 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — 158–0 (pass) · lower
• Senate Vote #522 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — 51–2 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Chuck Efstration — primary (person)
• Holt Persinger — primary (person)
• Houston Gaines — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-01-30 House Hopper introduction
• 2024-01-31 House First Readers reading-1
• 2024-02-01 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2024-02-08 House Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-02-08 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2024-02-08 House Passed/Adopted passage
• 2024-02-08 House Immediately Transmitted to Senate
• 2024-02-09 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2024-02-21 Senate Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-02-21 Senate Passed/Adopted passage
• 2024-04-01 House Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2024-05-01 House Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2024-05-01 Act 519 executive-signature
• 2024-05-01 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/81bcb4cb-ee55-4ae6-aa25-90f3b1af3829. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).