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Bill Pickens County; school district ad valorem tax; homestead exemption; increase income cap A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act providing a homestead exemption from all Pickens County School District ad valorem taxes for educational purposes for the full value of the homestead of certain residents of that school district, approved April 21, 1997 (Ga. L. 1997, p. 4283), so as to increase the income cap on such exemption; 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. us/states/ga Georgia General Assembly 2025_26 HB 1551 Georgia HB 1551 (2025_26)
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Georgia HB 1551 (2025_26) — Pickens County; school district ad valorem tax; homestead exemption; increase income cap

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act providing a homestead exemption from all Pickens County School District ad valorem taxes for educational purposes for the full value of the homestead of certain residents of that school district, approved April 21, 1997 (Ga. L. 1997, p. 4283), so as to increase the income cap on such exemption; 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 1551/AP* (committee substitute) — source
  2. LC 47 4092/a (committee substitute) — source
  3. Local Ad (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • House Vote #739 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 158–0 (pass) · lower
  • Senate Vote #825 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 47–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

  • Rick Jasperse — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2026-03-16 House Hopper introduction
  • 2026-03-18 House First Readers reading-1
  • 2026-03-19 House Second Readers reading-2
  • 2026-03-23 House Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
  • 2026-03-23 House Third Readers reading-3
  • 2026-03-23 House Passed/Adopted passage
  • 2026-03-25 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
  • 2026-03-27 Senate Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
  • 2026-03-27 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 590 executive-signature
  • 2026-05-11 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/f2a9ebfb-c0a8-426f-9eff-80d099784377. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).