---
type: "Bill"
title: "West Point, 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 West Point ad valorem taxes for municipal purposes in the amount of $10,000.00 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 1067"
citation: "Georgia HB 1067 (2025_26)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Carmen Rice", "David Huddleston", "David Jenkins", "Debbie Buckner", "Vance Smith"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-01-28"
last_action: "2026-05-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6b78f54b-b3c9-4bf7-b97b-efa93e2fd27d"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "a484e8ea5496e7ff9a862d361a92cfd5a745039a9de7cb2caccd9fb469f4985d"
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 1067 (2025_26) — West Point, 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 West Point ad valorem taxes for municipal purposes in the amount of $10,000.00 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 1067/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/243591.pdf)
2. **LC 47 3853/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/240639.pdf)
3. **Local Ads** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/240738.pdf)

## Votes

- House Vote #506 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **158–0** (pass) · lower
- Senate Vote #571 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **53–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Carmen Rice — primary (person)
- David Huddleston — primary (person)
- David Jenkins — primary (person)
- Debbie Buckner — primary (person)
- Vance Smith — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-28** House Hopper `introduction`
- **2026-01-29** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2026-02-02** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2026-02-12** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-12** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2026-02-12** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2026-02-17** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-24** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-24** 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 535 `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/6b78f54b-b3c9-4bf7-b97b-efa93e2fd27d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).