republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2025-26/hb-595.md

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Bill	Early County; homestead exemption from school district ad valorem tax; remove sunset date	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act providing a homestead exemption from Early County school district ad valorem taxes for educational purposes in the amount of $150,000.00 of the assessed value of the homestead for five years for residents of that school district who are 70 years of age or older, approved May 10, 2021 (Ga. L. 2021, p. 4267), as amended, particularly by an Act approved May 3, 2023 (Ga. L. 2023, p. 4464), so as to remove the sunset date currently on the exemption; to provide for a referendum, effective dates, automatic repeal, mandatory execution of election, and judicial remedies regarding failure to comply; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2025_26	HB 595	Georgia HB 595 (2025_26)	bill		enacted	Gerald Greene	3	13	2	2025-02-24	2025-05-13	openstates	ocd-bill/4157ecc2-3c1f-429b-8f71-0d75ca0516af	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	3dd0d35a9ceddba96afb2d9fd00012d69f22acbaf2466b679114dbf1cd85a2e0	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia HB 595 (2025_26) — Early County; homestead exemption from school district ad valorem tax; remove sunset date

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act providing a homestead exemption from Early County school district ad valorem taxes for educational purposes in the amount of $150,000.00 of the assessed value of the homestead for five years for residents of that school district who are 70 years of age or older, approved May 10, 2021 (Ga. L. 2021, p. 4267), as amended, particularly by an Act approved May 3, 2023 (Ga. L. 2023, p. 4464), so as to remove the sunset date currently on the exemption; to provide for a referendum, effective dates, automatic repeal, mandatory execution of election, and judicial remedies regarding failure to comply; 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 595/AP* (committee substitute) — source
2. LC 47 3277/a (committee substitute) — source
3. Local Ad (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• House Vote #148 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 172–0 (pass) · lower
• Senate Vote #229 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 48–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Gerald Greene — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-02-24 House Hopper introduction
• 2025-02-26 House First Readers reading-1
• 2025-02-27 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2025-03-04 House Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-03-04 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2025-03-04 House Passed/Adopted passage
• 2025-03-06 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2025-03-13 Senate Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-03-13 Senate Passed/Adopted passage
• 2025-04-07 House Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2025-05-13 House Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2025-05-13 Act 205 executive-signature
• 2025-05-13 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/4157ecc2-3c1f-429b-8f71-0d75ca0516af. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).