---
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).