---
type: "Bill"
title: "Fayette County; school district ad valorem tax; provide homestead exemption"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide a homestead exemption from Fayette County school district ad valorem taxes for educational purposes in a floating proportional amount based upon any increased property tax collections that exceed the value of property taxes collected in tax year 2025; 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 1582"
citation: "Georgia HB 1582 (2025_26)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Debra Bazemore", "Derrick Jackson", "Josh Bonner", "Karen Mathiak"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-03-19"
last_action: "2026-05-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ea99aeb6-59d3-4f72-a252-ce61f6451354"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "9c5bd659041b7f5cd2584c3bafb105500904b6fa4234bf2fac69d6278aaf1439"
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 1582 (2025_26) — Fayette County; school district ad valorem tax; provide homestead exemption

A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide a homestead exemption from Fayette County school district ad valorem taxes for educational purposes in a floating proportional amount based upon any increased property tax collections that exceed the value of property taxes collected in tax year 2025; 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 1582/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/248721.pdf)
2. **LC 47 4246/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/246615.pdf)
3. **Local Ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/246641.pdf)

## Votes

- House Vote #772 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **153–0** (pass) · lower
- Senate Vote #927 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **49–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Debra Bazemore — primary (person)
- Derrick Jackson — primary (person)
- Josh Bonner — primary (person)
- Karen Mathiak — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-03-19** House Hopper `introduction`
- **2026-03-20** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2026-03-23** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2026-03-27** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-27** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2026-03-27** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2026-03-27** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2026-04-02** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-02** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2026-04-10** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-05-12** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2026-05-12** Act 686 `executive-signature`
- **2026-05-12** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ea99aeb6-59d3-4f72-a252-ce61f6451354`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).