republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2025-26/hb-853.md

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Bill	Tunnel Hill, City of; ad valorem tax for municipal purposes; provide new homestead exemption	A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide for a new homestead exemption from City of Tunnel Hill ad valorem taxes for municipal purposes in the amount of $325,000.00 for each resident of the City of Tunnel Hill who is 70 years of age or older; 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 related matters; to provide for compliance with constitutional requirements; to provide for a referendum, effective dates, and 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 853	Georgia HB 853 (2025_26)	bill		enacted	Jason Ridley Kasey Carpenter Steve Tarvin	3	13	2	2025-03-25	2025-05-14	openstates	ocd-bill/8fbd218e-e8d6-414b-8a59-fac5ff74b92f	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	f6319bc3c8293a2dfa77aa1c20d8b5e5e6fc15feaf7a05dd3f1b2dda61814474	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia HB 853 (2025_26) — Tunnel Hill, City of; ad valorem tax for municipal purposes; provide new homestead exemption

A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide for a new homestead exemption from City of Tunnel Hill ad valorem taxes for municipal purposes in the amount of $325,000.00 for each resident of the City of Tunnel Hill who is 70 years of age or older; 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 related matters; to provide for compliance with constitutional requirements; to provide for a referendum, effective dates, and 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 853/AP* (committee substitute) — source
2. LC 62 0196/a (committee substitute) — source
3. Local Ad (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Senate Vote #400 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 55–1 (pass) · upper
• House Vote #342 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 165–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Jason Ridley — primary (person)
• Kasey Carpenter — primary (person)
• Steve Tarvin — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-03-25 House Hopper introduction
• 2025-03-25 House First Readers reading-1
• 2025-03-27 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2025-03-31 House Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-03-31 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2025-03-31 House Passed/Adopted passage
• 2025-03-31 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2025-04-02 Senate Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-04-02 Senate Passed/Adopted passage
• 2025-04-08 House Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2025-05-14 House Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2025-05-14 Act 348 executive-signature
• 2025-05-14 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/8fbd218e-e8d6-414b-8a59-fac5ff74b92f. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).