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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Fayetteville, City of; ad valorem tax for municipal purposes; provide homestead exemption"
+description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide a homestead exemption from City of Fayetteville ad valorem taxes for municipal purposes in a floating proportional amount based upon any increased property tax collections that exceed the value of property taxes collected in tax year 2025; 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 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 provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
+legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
+session: "2025_26"
+identifier: "HB 1581"
+citation: "Georgia HB 1581 (2025_26)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Debra Bazemore", "Derrick Jackson", "Josh Bonner", "Karen Mathiak"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 13
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2026-03-19"
+last_action: "2026-05-12"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0eca8f74-9231-4310-867a-efd63b21f1af"
+source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
+source_hash: "12f35dabe47afd3ff1eb3761eaf000ae0770303b4c47f229d0595db2281c3731"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ga"]
+---
+
+# Georgia HB 1581 (2025_26) — Fayetteville, City of; ad valorem tax for municipal purposes; provide homestead exemption
+
+A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide a homestead exemption from City of Fayetteville ad valorem taxes for municipal purposes in a floating proportional amount based upon any increased property tax collections that exceed the value of property taxes collected in tax year 2025; 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 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 provide for related matters; 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 1581/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/248720.pdf)
+2. **LC 47 4245/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/246613.pdf)
+3. **Local Ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/246648.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Senate Vote #927 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **49–0** (pass) · upper
+- House Vote #772 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **153–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Debra Bazemore — primary (person)
+- Derrick Jackson — primary (person)
+- Josh Bonner — primary (person)
+- Karen Mathiak — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2026-03-19** House Hopper `introduction`
+- **2026-03-20** House First Readers `reading-1`
+- **2026-03-23** House Second Readers `reading-2`
+- **2026-03-27** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-03-27** House Third Readers `reading-3`
+- **2026-03-27** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
+- **2026-03-27** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
+- **2026-04-02** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-04-02** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
+- **2026-04-10** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2026-05-12** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2026-05-12** Act 685 `executive-signature`
+- **2026-05-12** Effective Date
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0eca8f74-9231-4310-867a-efd63b21f1af`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
+