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Bill Walker County; ad valorem tax for educational purposes; provide homestead exemption A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide a homestead exemption from Walker County school district ad valorem taxes for educational purposes in the amount of $50,000.00 of the assessed value of the homestead for residents of such school district who are 70 years of age or older; to provide a homestead exemption from Walker County school district ad valorem taxes for educational purposes in the amount of the full assessed value of the homestead for residents of such school district who have lived in such district for five years or more and who are 75 years of age or older; 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 698 Georgia HB 698 (2025_26)
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Georgia HB 698 (2025_26) — Walker County; ad valorem tax for educational purposes; provide homestead exemption

A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide a homestead exemption from Walker County school district ad valorem taxes for educational purposes in the amount of $50,000.00 of the assessed value of the homestead for residents of such school district who are 70 years of age or older; to provide a homestead exemption from Walker County school district ad valorem taxes for educational purposes in the amount of the full assessed value of the homestead for residents of such school district who have lived in such district for five years or more and who are 75 years of age or older; 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 698/AP* (committee substitute) — source
  2. LC 61 0137/a (committee substitute) — source
  3. Local Ad (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • Senate Vote #277 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 520 (pass) · upper
  • House Vote #270 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 1650 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

  • Mike Cameron — primary (person)
  • Steve Tarvin — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2025-03-03 House Hopper introduction
  • 2025-03-04 House First Readers reading-1
  • 2025-03-06 House Second Readers reading-2
  • 2025-03-10 House Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
  • 2025-03-10 House Third Readers reading-3
  • 2025-03-10 House Passed/Adopted passage
  • 2025-03-11 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
  • 2025-03-25 Senate Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
  • 2025-03-25 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 211 executive-signature
  • 2025-05-13 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/f34c2e1f-d91b-42f2-97bb-4f607c5a8623. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).