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type: "Bill"
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title: "Hall County; ad valorem tax for educational purposes; homestead exemption; increase income cap"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act providing for homestead exemptions from Hall County school district ad valorem taxes for educational purposes for certain residents of that school district who are senior citizens, approved April 6, 1998 (Ga. L. 1998, p. 4281), as amended, so as to increase the income cap on the homestead exemption provided to residents of the school district 62 years of age and older; to provide that any person 66 years of age or older shall receive a new exemption on the first $400,000.00 of the assessed value of the homestead; 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 1340"
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citation: "Georgia HB 1340 (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: ["Brent Cox", "David Clark", "Derrick McCollum", "Emory Dunahoo", "Lee Hawkins", "Soo Hong"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 13
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2026-02-17"
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last_action: "2026-05-12"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/25a5ced9-ff1d-4b4f-bc68-ee8f8b04cc82"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "dadf202abe2bbb9e9135f33981963da6b5c1c4822b9ffc273c142b8801327d14"
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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 1340 (2025_26) — Hall County; ad valorem tax for educational purposes; homestead exemption; increase income cap
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act providing for homestead exemptions from Hall County school district ad valorem taxes for educational purposes for certain residents of that school district who are senior citizens, approved April 6, 1998 (Ga. L. 1998, p. 4281), as amended, so as to increase the income cap on the homestead exemption provided to residents of the school district 62 years of age and older; to provide that any person 66 years of age or older shall receive a new exemption on the first $400,000.00 of the assessed value of the homestead; 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 1340/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/246335.pdf)
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2. **LC 47 4037/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/242826.pdf)
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3. **Local Ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/242854.pdf)
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## Votes
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- House Vote #693 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **159–0** (pass) · lower
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- Senate Vote #728 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **50–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Brent Cox — primary (person)
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- David Clark — primary (person)
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- Derrick McCollum — primary (person)
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- Emory Dunahoo — primary (person)
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- Lee Hawkins — primary (person)
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- Soo Hong — 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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- **2026-03-18** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2026-03-18** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2026-04-06** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2026-05-12** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2026-05-12** Act 662 `executive-signature`
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- **2026-05-12** 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/25a5ced9-ff1d-4b4f-bc68-ee8f8b04cc82`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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