republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2025-26/hb-103.md

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Bill	Troup County; ad valorem tax; educational purposes; increase homestead exemption	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act to provide a homestead exemption from Troup County school district ad valorem taxes for educational purposes in the amount of $10,000.00 of the assessed value of the homestead for certain residents of that school district who have annual incomes not exceeding $22,000.00 and who are 65 years of age or over, approved March 24, 1994 (Ga. L. 1994, p. 3844), as amended; so as to increase the existing homestead exemption; to increase the income cap; 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 103	Georgia HB 103 (2025_26)	bill		enacted	David Huddleston Debbie Buckner Vance Smith	3	13	2	2025-01-17	2025-05-14	openstates	ocd-bill/be45330d-565b-4fc1-8a98-aad3b1c10e63	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	cebb44116177c2fd7be3a46358c0cea2e8634ca77037010313714d0263be7f97	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia HB 103 (2025_26) — Troup County; ad valorem tax; educational purposes; increase homestead exemption

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act to provide a homestead exemption from Troup County school district ad valorem taxes for educational purposes in the amount of $10,000.00 of the assessed value of the homestead for certain residents of that school district who have annual incomes not exceeding $22,000.00 and who are 65 years of age or over, approved March 24, 1994 (Ga. L. 1994, p. 3844), as amended; so as to increase the existing homestead exemption; to increase the income cap; 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 103/AP* (committee substitute) — source
2. LC 61 0016/a (committee substitute) — source
3. Local Ad (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• House Vote #15 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 160–1 (pass) · lower
• Senate Vote #45 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 52–1 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• David Huddleston — primary (person)
• Debbie Buckner — primary (person)
• Vance Smith — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-01-17 House Hopper introduction
• 2025-01-27 House First Readers reading-1
• 2025-01-28 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2025-02-05 House Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-02-05 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2025-02-05 House Passed/Adopted passage
• 2025-02-06 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2025-02-12 Senate Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-02-12 Senate Passed/Adopted passage
• 2025-04-07 House Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2025-05-14 House Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2025-05-14 Act 318 executive-signature
• 2025-05-14 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/be45330d-565b-4fc1-8a98-aad3b1c10e63. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).