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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Clayton County; ad valorem tax for county purposes; provide homestead exemption"
+description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide a homestead exemption from Clayton County ad valorem taxes for county purposes in an amount equal to the amount by which the current year assessed value of a homestead exceeds the base year assessed value of such homestead for residents of that county who are disabled veterans, senior citizens, unremarried surviving spouses of a peace officer or firefighter killed in the line of duty, or 100 percent disabled; to provide for definitions; to specify the terms and conditions of the exemption and the procedures relating thereto; to provide for applicability and a sunset; 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 870"
+citation: "Georgia HB 870 (2025_26)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Demetrius Douglas", "Eric Bell", "Rhonda Burnough", "Robert Flournoy", "Sandra Scott", "Yasmin Neal"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 13
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2025-03-27"
+last_action: "2025-05-14"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1bc5a280-5e98-4caf-b31a-8b8198f05d39"
+source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
+source_hash: "72fbc595b885419e5daa9d0b301b0382c83becdb174b4069fbcb95b5f7521eae"
+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 870 (2025_26) — Clayton County; ad valorem tax for county purposes; provide homestead exemption
+
+A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide a homestead exemption from Clayton County ad valorem taxes for county purposes in an amount equal to the amount by which the current year assessed value of a homestead exceeds the base year assessed value of such homestead for residents of that county who are disabled veterans, senior citizens, unremarried surviving spouses of a peace officer or firefighter killed in the line of duty, or 100 percent disabled; to provide for definitions; to specify the terms and conditions of the exemption and the procedures relating thereto; to provide for applicability and a sunset; 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 870/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/238877.pdf)
+2. **LC 44 3167/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/237758.pdf)
+3. **Local Ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/237832.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
+
+- Demetrius Douglas — primary (person)
+- Eric Bell — primary (person)
+- Rhonda Burnough — primary (person)
+- Robert Flournoy — primary (person)
+- Sandra Scott — primary (person)
+- Yasmin Neal — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-03-27** House Hopper `introduction`
+- **2025-03-27** House First Readers `reading-1`
+- **2025-03-28** 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`
+- **2025-04-10** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2025-05-14** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2025-05-14** Act 354 `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/1bc5a280-5e98-4caf-b31a-8b8198f05d39`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
+