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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Walnut Grove, City of; ad valorem tax; provide homestead exemption"
+description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide a homestead exemption from City of Walnut Grove ad valorem taxes for municipal purposes in an amount equal to the amount by which the current year assessed value of a homestead exceeds the adjusted 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; 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 744"
+citation: "Georgia HB 744 (2025_26)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Bruce Williamson", "Reynaldo Martinez", "Tim Fleming"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 15
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2025-03-10"
+last_action: "2025-05-09"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2489b176-b36c-4e4f-90de-b3fa96871743"
+source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
+source_hash: "4c3ae00dd8a0bf6a55a72f56118fd42e12ae835835b015d431565307a359398c"
+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 744 (2025_26) — Walnut Grove, City of; ad valorem tax; provide homestead exemption
+
+A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide a homestead exemption from City of Walnut Grove ad valorem taxes for municipal purposes in an amount equal to the amount by which the current year assessed value of a homestead exceeds the adjusted 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; 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 744/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/237624.pdf)
+2. **LC 62 0152/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/235766.pdf)
+3. **LC 62 0180S/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/236811.pdf)
+4. **LC 62 0180S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/236807.pdf)
+5. **Local Ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/235778.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- House Vote #293 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **158–0** (pass) · lower
+- Senate Vote #291 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **52–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Bruce Williamson — primary (person)
+- Reynaldo Martinez — primary (person)
+- Tim Fleming — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-03-10** House Hopper `introduction`
+- **2025-03-11** House First Readers `reading-1`
+- **2025-03-13** House Second Readers `reading-2`
+- **2025-03-18** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-03-18** House Withdrawn, Recommitted `referral-committee, withdrawal`
+- **2025-03-21** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-03-21** House Third Readers `reading-3`
+- **2025-03-21** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
+- **2025-03-25** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
+- **2025-03-27** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-03-27** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
+- **2025-04-10** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2025-05-09** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2025-05-09** Act 97 `executive-signature`
+- **2025-05-09** Effective Date
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2489b176-b36c-4e4f-90de-b3fa96871743`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
+