republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2025-26/hb-463.md

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Bill	Ad valorem tax; certain senior citizens who volunteer with local governments; provide homestead exemption	A BILL To be entitled an Act to amend Part 1 of Article 2 of Chapter 5 of Title 48 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to tax exemptions, so as to provide for a state-wide homestead exemption from ad valorem taxes for certain senior citizens who volunteer with local governments in an amount to be determined by such local governments; 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 approval and identification of additional terms and conditions by local governing authorities; to provide for related matters; to provide for compliance with constitutional requirements; to provide for a referendum, effective dates, and automatic repeal; to provide for contingent repeal; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2025_26	HB 463	Georgia HB 463 (2025_26)	bill	LOCAL GOVERNMENT REVENUE AND TAXATION	enacted	Beth Camp Carl Gilliard Jon Burns Matt Hatchett Ron Stephens Shaw Blackmon	6	21	5	2025-02-13	2026-05-11	openstates	ocd-bill/46f9e93b-5ab2-4bcd-a00f-b1a3af3c2055	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	154c7c5ec08260538ce0b2d3184c14cd7ade1e9332eabcf44f6ae1f3185495d4	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia HB 463 (2025_26) — Ad valorem tax; certain senior citizens who volunteer with local governments; provide homestead exemption

A BILL To be entitled an Act to amend Part 1 of Article 2 of Chapter 5 of Title 48 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to tax exemptions, so as to provide for a state-wide homestead exemption from ad valorem taxes for certain senior citizens who volunteer with local governments in an amount to be determined by such local governments; 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 approval and identification of additional terms and conditions by local governing authorities; to provide for related matters; to provide for compliance with constitutional requirements; to provide for a referendum, effective dates, and automatic repeal; to provide for contingent repeal; 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. Floor Amendment AM 59 0036 (committee substitute) — source
2. HB 463/AP* (committee substitute) — source
3. LC 50 1048/a (committee substitute) — source
4. LC 50 1150S/hcs (committee substitute) — source
5. LC 50 1150S/hs (committee substitute) — source
6. Sen Ctee Sub LC 59 0316S (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• House Vote #188 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 171–0 (pass) · lower
• House Vote #849 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 104–71 (pass) · lower
• Senate Vote #971 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 33–20 (pass) · upper
• Senate Vote #383 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 31–24 (pass) · upper
• Senate Vote #546 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 32–14 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Beth Camp — primary (person)
• Carl Gilliard — primary (person)
• Jon Burns — primary (person)
• Matt Hatchett — primary (person)
• Ron Stephens — primary (person)
• Shaw Blackmon — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-02-13 House Hopper introduction
• 2025-02-18 House First Readers reading-1
• 2025-02-19 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2025-02-26 House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-03-04 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2025-03-04 House Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2025-03-06 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2025-03-28 Senate Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-03-28 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2025-04-02 Senate Engrossed passage
• 2025-04-02 Senate Tabled
• 2026-01-12 Senate Taken from Table
• 2026-01-12 Senate Recommitted referral-committee
• 2026-02-10 Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-02-12 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2026-02-12 Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2026-04-02 House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub As Amended
• 2026-04-02 Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
• 2026-04-10 House Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2026-05-11 House Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2026-05-11 Act 465 executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/46f9e93b-5ab2-4bcd-a00f-b1a3af3c2055. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).