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Bill Cartersville, City of; independent school district ad valorem tax; provide homestead exemption A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act to provide a homestead exemption from certain City of Cartersville ad valorem taxes for educational purposes in the amount of $28,000.00 of the assessed value of the homestead for each resident of the city who is 65 years of age or older or totally disabled, approved March 29, 1995 (Ga. L. 1995, p. 3950), as amended, so as to provide a homestead exemption from City of Cartersville independent school district ad valorem taxes for educational purposes in the amount of $60,000.00 of the assessed value of the homestead for residents who are between 65 and 69 years of age or totally disabled; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. us/states/ga Georgia General Assembly 2025_26 HB 859 Georgia HB 859 (2025_26)
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Georgia HB 859 (2025_26) — Cartersville, City of; independent school district ad valorem tax; provide homestead exemption

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act to provide a homestead exemption from certain City of Cartersville ad valorem taxes for educational purposes in the amount of $28,000.00 of the assessed value of the homestead for each resident of the city who is 65 years of age or older or totally disabled, approved March 29, 1995 (Ga. L. 1995, p. 3950), as amended, so as to provide a homestead exemption from City of Cartersville independent school district ad valorem taxes for educational purposes in the amount of $60,000.00 of the assessed value of the homestead for residents who are between 65 and 69 years of age or totally disabled; 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 859/AP* (committee substitute) — source
  2. LC 61 0236/a (committee substitute) — source
  3. Local Ad (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • House Vote #342 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 1650 (pass) · lower
  • Senate Vote #400 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 551 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

  • Matthew Gambill — primary (person)
  • Mitchell Scoggins — 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 350 executive-signature
  • 2025-05-14 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/5823b0b7-bdb1-4d5d-8cc0-31dae399f57d. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).