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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Pickens County; school district ad valorem tax; provide homestead exemption"
+description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide a homestead exemption from Pickens County school district ad valorem taxes for educational purposes in the amount of $40,000.00 of the assessed value of the homestead for residents of that school district who are 62 years of age or older and whose income does not exceed $40,000.00; 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 841"
+citation: "Georgia HB 841 (2025_26)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Rick Jasperse"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 13
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2025-03-25"
+last_action: "2025-05-14"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/36ddd920-4291-44c8-b69c-e1cd16110c36"
+source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
+source_hash: "e11a5de34126f0e348a4f232d2b3a976616efc582bcb55332ed519845abe15df"
+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 841 (2025_26) — Pickens County; school district ad valorem tax; provide homestead exemption
+
+A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide a homestead exemption from Pickens County school district ad valorem taxes for educational purposes in the amount of $40,000.00 of the assessed value of the homestead for residents of that school district who are 62 years of age or older and whose income does not exceed $40,000.00; 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 841/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/238859.pdf)
+2. **LC 47 3549/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/237212.pdf)
+3. **Local Ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/237353.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- House Vote #342 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **165–0** (pass) · lower
+- Senate Vote #400 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **55–1** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Rick Jasperse — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-03-25** House Hopper `introduction`
+- **2025-03-25** House First Readers `reading-1`
+- **2025-03-27** House Second Readers `reading-2`
+- **2025-03-31** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-03-31** House Third Readers `reading-3`
+- **2025-03-31** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
+- **2025-03-31** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
+- **2025-04-02** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-04-02** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
+- **2025-04-08** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2025-05-14** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2025-05-14** Act 342 `executive-signature`
+- **2025-05-14** Effective Date
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/36ddd920-4291-44c8-b69c-e1cd16110c36`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
+