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type: "Bill"
title: "Property; debtor's aggregate interest in real property or personal property used as a residence; revise exemption"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 44-13-100 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to exemptions for purposes of bankruptcy and intestate insolvent estates, so as to revise the exemption for a debtor's aggregate interest in real property or personal property that the debtor or a dependent of the debtor uses as a residence, in a cooperative that owns property that the debtor or a dependent of the debtor uses as a residence, or in a burial plot; to provide for such exemption for the primary residence of spouses; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2025_26"
identifier: "HB 1024"
citation: "Georgia HB 1024 (2025_26)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["PROPERTY"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Matt Reeves", "Rob Leverett", "Soo Hong"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-01-27"
last_action: "2026-05-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6878b087-ac26-4ba8-8923-4f9c5d014a67"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "a169305a0e3d03977ffd3e8bc14ea45acd0bad8a4f37bbce42f772ecdcd6586e"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ga"]
---
# Georgia HB 1024 (2025_26) — Property; debtor's aggregate interest in real property or personal property used as a residence; revise exemption
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 44-13-100 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to exemptions for purposes of bankruptcy and intestate insolvent estates, so as to revise the exemption for a debtor's aggregate interest in real property or personal property that the debtor or a dependent of the debtor uses as a residence, in a cooperative that owns property that the debtor or a dependent of the debtor uses as a residence, or in a burial plot; to provide for such exemption for the primary residence of spouses; 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 1024/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/247118.pdf)
2. **LC 44 3365/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/240210.pdf)
3. **LC 62 0410S/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/244109.pdf)
4. **LC 62 0410S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/243241.pdf)
## Votes
- House Vote #559 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **170–0** (pass) · lower
- Senate Vote #792 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **51–0** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Matt Reeves — primary (person)
- Rob Leverett — primary (person)
- Soo Hong — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2026-01-27** House Hopper `introduction`
- **2026-01-28** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2026-01-29** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2026-02-10** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-11** House Withdrawn, Recommitted `referral-committee, withdrawal`
- **2026-02-19** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-25** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2026-02-25** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2026-02-26** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-18** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-19** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2026-03-23** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2026-03-23** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2026-04-06** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-05-11** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2026-05-11** Act 480 `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6878b087-ac26-4ba8-8923-4f9c5d014a67`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).