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Bill Fayette County; ad valorem tax; floating proportional amount based upon any increased property tax collections; provide new exemption A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act provide for residents of specified ages a homestead exemption from certain ad valorem taxes levied by Fayette County for county purposes and to provide a homestead exemption from certain Fayette County School District ad valorem taxes for educational purposes, approved April 15, 1996 (Ga. L. 1996, p. 4453), so as to provide a new exemption 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 each resident of the county from ad valorem taxes for county purposes; 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 1583 Georgia HB 1583 (2025_26)
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Derrick Jackson
Josh Bonner
Karen Mathiak
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Georgia HB 1583 (2025_26) — Fayette County; ad valorem tax; floating proportional amount based upon any increased property tax collections; provide new exemption

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act provide for residents of specified ages a homestead exemption from certain ad valorem taxes levied by Fayette County for county purposes and to provide a homestead exemption from certain Fayette County School District ad valorem taxes for educational purposes, approved April 15, 1996 (Ga. L. 1996, p. 4453), so as to provide a new exemption 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 each resident of the county from ad valorem taxes for county purposes; 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 1583/AP* (committee substitute) — source
  2. LC 47 4244/a (committee substitute) — source
  3. Local Ad (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • Senate Vote #927 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 490 (pass) · upper
  • House Vote #772 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 1530 (pass) · lower

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 687 executive-signature
  • 2026-05-12 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/675cd96f-931a-4fb8-a7ec-828cab6f5c06. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).