republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2025-26/hb-1024.md

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Bill	Property; debtor's aggregate interest in real property or personal property used as a residence; revise exemption	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 44-13-100 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to exemptions for purposes of bankruptcy and intestate insolvent estates, so as to revise the exemption for a debtor's aggregate interest in real property or personal property that the debtor or a dependent of the debtor uses as a residence, in a cooperative that owns property that the debtor or a dependent of the debtor uses as a residence, or in a burial plot; to provide for such exemption for the primary residence of spouses; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2025_26	HB 1024	Georgia HB 1024 (2025_26)	bill	PROPERTY	enacted	Matt Reeves Rob Leverett Soo Hong	4	16	2	2026-01-27	2026-05-11	openstates	ocd-bill/6878b087-ac26-4ba8-8923-4f9c5d014a67	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	a169305a0e3d03977ffd3e8bc14ea45acd0bad8a4f37bbce42f772ecdcd6586e	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia HB 1024 (2025_26) — Property; debtor's aggregate interest in real property or personal property used as a residence; revise exemption

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 44-13-100 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to exemptions for purposes of bankruptcy and intestate insolvent estates, so as to revise the exemption for a debtor's aggregate interest in real property or personal property that the debtor or a dependent of the debtor uses as a residence, in a cooperative that owns property that the debtor or a dependent of the debtor uses as a residence, or in a burial plot; to provide for such exemption for the primary residence of spouses; 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 1024/AP* (committee substitute) — source
2. LC 44 3365/a (committee substitute) — source
3. LC 62 0410S/hcs (committee substitute) — source
4. LC 62 0410S/hs (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• House Vote #559 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 170–0 (pass) · lower
• Senate Vote #792 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 51–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Matt Reeves — primary (person)
• Rob Leverett — primary (person)
• Soo Hong — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2026-01-27 House Hopper introduction
• 2026-01-28 House First Readers reading-1
• 2026-01-29 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2026-02-10 House Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-02-11 House Withdrawn, Recommitted referral-committee, withdrawal
• 2026-02-19 House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-02-25 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2026-02-25 House Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2026-02-26 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2026-03-18 Senate Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-03-19 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2026-03-23 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2026-03-23 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 480 executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/6878b087-ac26-4ba8-8923-4f9c5d014a67. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).