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type: "Bill"
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title: "Walker County; school district ad valorem tax; remove five year residency requirement for homestead exemption"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act to provide a homestead exemption from Walker County school district ad valorem taxes for educational purposes, approved May 13, 2025 (Ga. L. 2025, p. 3901), so as to remove the five year residency requirement for the homestead exemption for residents of such school district who are 75 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 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."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
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legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
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session: "2025_26"
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identifier: "HB 1316"
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citation: "Georgia HB 1316 (2025_26)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Mike Cameron", "Steve Tarvin"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 17
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vote_count: 3
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first_action: "2026-02-17"
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last_action: "2026-05-11"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/144c8cf6-6c8e-411a-b89b-70234397b564"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "47dd7677862ab21698599ce4e34285cad194658467c60facf7eab0ce305a8835"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ga"]
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---
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# Georgia HB 1316 (2025_26) — Walker County; school district ad valorem tax; remove five year residency requirement for homestead exemption
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act to provide a homestead exemption from Walker County school district ad valorem taxes for educational purposes, approved May 13, 2025 (Ga. L. 2025, p. 3901), so as to remove the five year residency requirement for the homestead exemption for residents of such school district who are 75 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 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.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **HB 1316/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/248120.pdf)
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2. **LC 61 0340/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/242733.pdf)
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3. **Local Ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/242752.pdf)
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## Votes
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- Senate Vote #847 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **48–0** (pass) · upper
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- House Vote #693 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **159–0** (pass) · lower
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- Senate Vote #835 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **26–22** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Mike Cameron — primary (person)
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- Steve Tarvin — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2026-02-17** House Hopper `introduction`
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- **2026-02-18** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2026-02-19** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2026-03-10** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2026-03-10** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2026-03-10** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2026-03-12** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2026-03-25** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2026-03-25** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2026-03-27** Senate Tabled
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- **2026-03-27** Senate Taken from Table
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- **2026-03-27** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2026-03-27** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2026-04-06** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2026-05-11** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2026-05-11** Act 556 `executive-signature`
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- **2026-05-11** Effective Date
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/144c8cf6-6c8e-411a-b89b-70234397b564`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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