---
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).