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| Bill | Madison County; school district ad valorem tax; provide homestead exemption | A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide a homestead exemption from Madison County school district ad valorem taxes for educational purposes in the amount of $75,000.00 of the assessed value of the homestead for residents of that school district who are 70 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, contingent 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 1515 | Georgia HB 1515 (2025_26) |
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3 | 13 | 2 | 2026-03-04 | 2026-05-11 | openstates | ocd-bill/8aba8a5f-6833-4925-98f8-3dfb5f8a2e82 | http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl | f79d001f3391342b0e20307375f204b5ea69408f21f98f72aaa76a180a00cef0 | 2026-07-01 | https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump | 2026-07-06 | reported |
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Georgia HB 1515 (2025_26) — Madison County; school district ad valorem tax; provide homestead exemption
A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide a homestead exemption from Madison County school district ad valorem taxes for educational purposes in the amount of $75,000.00 of the assessed value of the homestead for residents of that school district who are 70 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, contingent 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.
- HB 1515/AP* (committee substitute) — source
- LC 47 4136/a (committee substitute) — source
- Local Ad (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- House Vote #712 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 161–2 (pass) · lower
- Senate Vote #761 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 44–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
- Alan Powell — primary (person)
- Rob Leverett — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2026-03-04 House Hopper
introduction - 2026-03-06 House First Readers
reading-1 - 2026-03-09 House Second Readers
reading-2 - 2026-03-18 House Committee Favorably Reported
committee-passage-favorable - 2026-03-18 House Third Readers
reading-3 - 2026-03-18 House Passed/Adopted
passage - 2026-03-19 Senate Read and Referred
referral-committee - 2026-03-20 Senate Committee Favorably Reported
committee-passage-favorable - 2026-03-20 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 577
executive-signature - 2026-05-11 Effective Date
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/8aba8a5f-6833-4925-98f8-3dfb5f8a2e82. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).