---
type: "Bill"
title: "Dublin, City of; school district ad valorem tax; provide homestead exemption"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide a homestead exemption from City of Dublin independent school district ad valorem taxes for educational purposes; 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 803"
citation: "Georgia HB 803 (2025_26)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Matt Hatchett"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-03-20"
last_action: "2025-05-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8e91feef-771b-4f1f-a8f3-16b27588bffd"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "c18d3da744a277239a19922683762106053cfe0ae58202d2c9bb7aa188fea44d"
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 803 (2025_26) — Dublin, City of; school district ad valorem tax; provide homestead exemption

A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide a homestead exemption from City of Dublin independent school district ad valorem taxes for educational purposes; 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 803/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/238653.pdf)
2. **LC 47 3622/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/236637.pdf)
3. **Local Ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/236675.pdf)

## Votes

- Senate Vote #381 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **51–0** (pass) · upper
- House Vote #332 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **160–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Matt Hatchett — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-03-20** House Hopper `introduction`
- **2025-03-21** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2025-03-25** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2025-03-28** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-28** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2025-03-28** 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 329 `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/8e91feef-771b-4f1f-a8f3-16b27588bffd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).