republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2025-26/hb-476.md

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Bill	Watson-Stephens-Petrea-Franklin Tax Relief Act; enact	A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide a homestead exemption from Bryan County school district ad valorem taxes for educational purposes in an amount equal to the amount by which the current year assessed value of a homestead exceeds the adjusted 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 a short title; 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 476	Georgia HB 476 (2025_26)	bill		enacted	Jesse Petrea Lehman Franklin Ron Stephens	3	13	2	2025-02-18	2025-05-09	openstates	ocd-bill/305272d5-034d-47f3-8ae5-1cb647358a3e	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	68fce18514846959997486ae073cc359fc03d9322823d3d3fc72b63a7f9369a7	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia HB 476 (2025_26) — Watson-Stephens-Petrea-Franklin Tax Relief Act; enact

A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide a homestead exemption from Bryan County school district ad valorem taxes for educational purposes in an amount equal to the amount by which the current year assessed value of a homestead exceeds the adjusted 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 a short title; 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 476/AP* (committee substitute) — source
2. LC 47 3344/a (committee substitute) — source
3. Local Ad (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• House Vote #58 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 170–0 (pass) · lower
• Senate Vote #106 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 51–1 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Jesse Petrea — primary (person)
• Lehman Franklin — primary (person)
• Ron Stephens — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-02-18 House Hopper introduction
• 2025-02-19 House First Readers reading-1
• 2025-02-20 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2025-02-21 House Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-02-21 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2025-02-21 House Passed/Adopted passage
• 2025-02-24 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2025-02-28 Senate Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-02-28 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 102 executive-signature
• 2025-05-09 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/305272d5-034d-47f3-8ae5-1cb647358a3e. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).