republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2019-20/hb-635.md

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Bill	Atlanta, City of; ad valorem tax for municipal purposes; provide for a new homestead exemption	A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide for a new homestead exemption from City of Atlanta ad valorem taxes for municipal purposes in the amount of $30,000.00 for each resident of the City of Atlanta who holds real property subject to a written lease having an initial term of not less than 99 years with a landlord that is an entity exempt from taxation under Section 501(c)(3) of the federal Internal Revenue Code and who owns all improvements located on the real property; to provide for definitions; to specify the terms and conditions of the exemption and the procedures relating thereto; to provide for applicability; to provide for related matters; to provide for compliance with constitutional requirements; to provide for a referendum, effective dates, and automatic repeal; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2019_20	HB 635	Georgia HB 635 (2019_20)	bill		enacted	David Dreyer Kim Schofield Mable Thomas Park Cannon Pat Gardner Sheila Jones	3	14	1	2019-03-18	2019-05-06	openstates	ocd-bill/757d8988-858a-44f1-a5b2-8d612c9ba856	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	bfdb763f9deea8d5c73a310b05b08ef877c53b60ed0d91af5fd0955624cf2823	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia HB 635 (2019_20) — Atlanta, City of; ad valorem tax for municipal purposes; provide for a new homestead exemption

A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide for a new homestead exemption from City of Atlanta ad valorem taxes for municipal purposes in the amount of $30,000.00 for each resident of the City of Atlanta who holds real property subject to a written lease having an initial term of not less than 99 years with a landlord that is an entity exempt from taxation under Section 501(c)(3) of the federal Internal Revenue Code and who owns all improvements located on the real property; to provide for definitions; to specify the terms and conditions of the exemption and the procedures relating thereto; to provide for applicability; to provide for related matters; to provide for compliance with constitutional requirements; to provide for a referendum, effective dates, and automatic repeal; 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 635/AP* (committee substitute) — source
2. LC 44 1191/a (committee substitute) — source
3. Local Ad (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Local Calendar — 156–2 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• David Dreyer — primary (person)
• Kim Schofield — primary (person)
• Mable Thomas — primary (person)
• Park Cannon — primary (person)
• Pat Gardner — primary (person)
• Sheila Jones — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-03-18 House Hopper
• 2019-03-21 House First Readers reading-1
• 2019-03-22 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2019-03-25 House Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-03-25 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2019-03-25 House Passed/Adopted passage
• 2019-03-25 House Immediately Transmitted to Senate
• 2019-03-26 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2019-03-29 Senate Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-04-02 Senate Passed/Adopted passage
• 2019-04-11 House Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2019-05-06 House Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2019-05-06 Act 159 executive-signature
• 2019-05-06 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/757d8988-858a-44f1-a5b2-8d612c9ba856. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).