republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2025-26/hb-252.md

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Bill	Newnan, City of; ad valorem tax; provide homestead exemption	A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide a homestead exemption from City of Newnan ad valorem taxes for municipal purposes in an amount equal to the amount by which the current year assessed value of a homestead exceeds the base year assessed value of such homestead; 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.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2025_26	HB 252	Georgia HB 252 (2025_26)	bill		enacted	Josh Bonner Lynn Smith	5	15	2	2025-02-04	2025-05-09	openstates	ocd-bill/8ff1a592-76b3-4355-a9d1-646547000351	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	49a7d0dd551e38f92062fc4de4ac5a0b071fb8cc489393dbc25e2bca2799eadc	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia HB 252 (2025_26) — Newnan, City of; ad valorem tax; provide homestead exemption

A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide a homestead exemption from City of Newnan ad valorem taxes for municipal purposes in an amount equal to the amount by which the current year assessed value of a homestead exceeds the base year assessed value of such homestead; 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 252/AP* (committee substitute) — source
2. LC 44 2913/a (committee substitute) — source
3. LC 44 3027S/hcs (committee substitute) — source
4. LC 44 3027S/hs (committee substitute) — source
5. Local Ad (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• House Vote #32 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 163–0 (pass) · lower
• Senate Vote #78 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 46–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Josh Bonner — primary (person)
• Lynn Smith — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-02-04 House Hopper introduction
• 2025-02-05 House First Readers reading-1
• 2025-02-06 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2025-02-10 House Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-02-10 House Withdrawn, Recommitted referral-committee, withdrawal
• 2025-02-13 House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-02-13 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2025-02-13 House Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2025-02-18 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2025-02-21 Senate Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-02-21 Senate Passed/Adopted passage
• 2025-04-07 House Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2025-05-09 House Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2025-05-09 Act 95 executive-signature
• 2025-05-09 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/8ff1a592-76b3-4355-a9d1-646547000351. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).