Georgia House Bill 591

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-0)
Status: Passed on May 1 2023 - 100% progression
Action: 2023-05-01 - Effective Date 2023-05-01
Text: Latest bill text (Enrolled) [PDF]

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act to provide that each resident of DeKalb County who is 65 years of age or over or disabled and whose net income together with the net income of the spouse and all members of the family who reside at the homestead of such resident does not exceed $15,000.00 per annum shall be granted an exemption from all DeKalb County ad valorem taxes, except county school district taxes, in the amount of $14,000.00 of the value of the homestead of such resident, approved March 15, 1988 (Ga. L. 1988, p. 4114), so as to increase the income cap on said homestead exemption to $37,500.00; to provide for mandatory execution of election and judicial remedies regarding failure to comply; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

DeKalb County; increase income cap on homestead exemption for citizens age 65 or older meeting certain income requirements; provisions

Rep. Becky Evans [D]	Rep. Karla Drenner [D]	Rep. Long Tran [D]	Rep. Billy Mitchell [D]
Rep. Karen Bennett [D]	Rep. Omari Crawford [D]

2023-03-29 - Senate - Local Consent Calendar: Senate Vote #338 (Y: 52 N: 0 NV: 3 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2023-03-23 - House - Local Calendar : House Vote #271 (Y: 162 N: 0 NV: 12 Abs: 4) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2023-05-01		Effective Date 2023-05-01
2023-05-01		Act 152
2023-05-01	House	House Date Signed by Governor
2023-04-05	House	House Sent to Governor
2023-03-29	Senate	Senate Passed/Adopted
2023-03-27	Senate	Senate Committee Favorably Reported
2023-03-23	Senate	Senate Read and Referred
2023-03-23	House	House Passed/Adopted
2023-03-23	House	House Third Readers
2023-03-23	House	House Committee Favorably Reported
2023-03-01	House	House Second Readers
2023-02-28	House	House First Readers
2023-02-27	House	House Hopper

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/64851
Text	https://www.legis.ga.gov/api/legislation/document/20232024/216099
Text	https://www.legis.ga.gov/api/legislation/document/20232024/220020
Roll Call	https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/64851#21446
Roll Call	https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/64851#21629