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Bill Peachtree City, City of; ad valorem tax for municipal purposes; homestead exemption; increase income cap A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act to provide for a homestead exemption from City of Peachtree City ad valorem taxes for municipal purposes in the amount of $5,000.00 of the assessed value of the homestead for residents of that city who are 65 years of age or over and whose income does not exceed $30,000.00, approved May 5, 2005 (Ga. L. 2005, p. 3719), so as to increase the income cap related to qualifying for such exemption to $60,000.00; to increase the value of the exemption to $30,000.00 of the assessed value; to provide for compliance with constitutional requirements; to provide for a referendum, effective dates, and automatic repeal; to provide for 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 703 Georgia HB 703 (2025_26)
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Derrick Jackson
Josh Bonner
Karen Mathiak
3 13 2 2025-03-03 2025-05-13 openstates ocd-bill/8dc0c545-c016-426d-9d6c-4ede172800b6 http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl c89d17c0b6707fd3c32486943bb4f2e1ae7be1bc53c2772233b30a109c653f3d 2026-07-01 https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump 2026-07-06 reported
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Georgia HB 703 (2025_26) — Peachtree City, City of; ad valorem tax for municipal purposes; homestead exemption; increase income cap

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act to provide for a homestead exemption from City of Peachtree City ad valorem taxes for municipal purposes in the amount of $5,000.00 of the assessed value of the homestead for residents of that city who are 65 years of age or over and whose income does not exceed $30,000.00, approved May 5, 2005 (Ga. L. 2005, p. 3719), so as to increase the income cap related to qualifying for such exemption to $60,000.00; to increase the value of the exemption to $30,000.00 of the assessed value; to provide for compliance with constitutional requirements; to provide for a referendum, effective dates, and automatic repeal; to provide for 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 703/AP* (committee substitute) — source
  2. LC 47 3442/a (committee substitute) — source
  3. Local Ad (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • House Vote #270 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 1650 (pass) · lower
  • Senate Vote #265 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 530 (pass) · upper

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.

  • 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
  • 2025-03-21 Senate Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
  • 2025-03-21 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 212 executive-signature
  • 2025-05-13 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/8dc0c545-c016-426d-9d6c-4ede172800b6. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).