---
type: "Bill"
title: "Covington, 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 Covington ad valorem taxes for municipal purposes for the total amount of the assessed value of the homestead for residents of that city; 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 1503"
citation: "Georgia HB 1503 (2025_26)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Clint Crowe", "Tim Fleming"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-03-03"
last_action: "2026-05-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ee60e5e2-4927-4a9d-9141-fb030e38466d"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "130c95e3767f6b75be16d62a95923098d4bde7501b416de79e9b17729fea806d"
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 1503 (2025_26) — Covington, 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 Covington ad valorem taxes for municipal purposes for the total amount of the assessed value of the homestead for residents of that city; 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 1503/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/246945.pdf)
2. **LC 62 0324/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/244942.pdf)
3. **Local Ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/244944.pdf)

## Votes

- House Vote #712 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **161–2** (pass) · lower
- Senate Vote #761 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **44–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Clint Crowe — primary (person)
- Tim Fleming — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2026-03-03** House Hopper `introduction`
- **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`
- **2026-03-19** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-20** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-20** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2026-04-06** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-05-11** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2026-05-11** Act 573 `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/ee60e5e2-4927-4a9d-9141-fb030e38466d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).