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legislation/us/states/ga/2025-26/sb-575.md

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+type: "Bill"
+title: "City of Metter; ad valorem taxes for municipal purposes; provide a homestead exemption"
+description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide a homestead exemption from City of Metter ad valorem taxes for municipal purposes in the amount of $4,000.00 of the assessed value of the homestead for residents of that city who are 65 years of age or older and whose income does not exceed $10,000.00; 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: "SB 575"
+citation: "Georgia SB 575 (2025_26)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Billy Hickman"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 13
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2026-02-24"
+last_action: "2026-05-11"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d053d825-09d2-4a5c-90c6-12e944a47c0b"
+source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
+source_hash: "b17ce1785b0b5e046ee48fc93891b82cb4e8373c9f401074017df6393b6341f0"
+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 SB 575 (2025_26) — City of Metter; ad valorem taxes for municipal purposes; provide a homestead exemption
+
+A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide a homestead exemption from City of Metter ad valorem taxes for municipal purposes in the amount of $4,000.00 of the assessed value of the homestead for residents of that city who are 65 years of age or older and whose income does not exceed $10,000.00; 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. **As Passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/244713.pdf)
+2. **As introduced LC 62 0376** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/243810.pdf)
+3. **SB 575 Local Ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/243853.pdf)
+4. **SB 575/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/246539.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- House Vote #712 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **161–2** (pass) · lower
+- Senate Vote #600 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **45–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Billy Hickman — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2026-02-24** Senate Hopper `introduction`
+- **2026-02-25** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
+- **2026-03-03** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-03-03** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
+- **2026-03-04** House First Readers `reading-1`
+- **2026-03-06** House Second Readers `reading-2`
+- **2026-03-18** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-03-18** House Third Readers `reading-3`
+- **2026-03-18** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
+- **2026-04-10** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2026-05-11** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2026-05-11** Act 617 `executive-signature`
+- **2026-05-11** Effective Date
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d053d825-09d2-4a5c-90c6-12e944a47c0b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
+