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type: "Bill"
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title: "Early County; repeal a former local constitutional amendment"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to repeal a former local constitutional amendment (Ga. L. 1962, p. 808), which former local constitutional amendment was continued in effect as statutory law pursuant to Article VII, Section II, Paragraph IV of the Constitution of Georgia and which provided a five year exemption from local ad valorem property taxes to any person who built, equipped, established, completed, or enlarged a plant for manufacturing or processing in Early County; to provide that exemptions granted prior to the effective date of this Act shall continue for the remainder of their unexpired terms; 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 1526"
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citation: "Georgia HB 1526 (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: ["Gerald Greene"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 16
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2026-03-09"
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last_action: "2026-05-12"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/29a80c8a-f930-41e9-8699-21c9aeeada76"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "1dac5491c3c424d255cde35f7c29722d76b5c31e2a4f5dffb0bc3d38a5150bf8"
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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 1526 (2025_26) — Early County; repeal a former local constitutional amendment
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to repeal a former local constitutional amendment (Ga. L. 1962, p. 808), which former local constitutional amendment was continued in effect as statutory law pursuant to Article VII, Section II, Paragraph IV of the Constitution of Georgia and which provided a five year exemption from local ad valorem property taxes to any person who built, equipped, established, completed, or enlarged a plant for manufacturing or processing in Early County; to provide that exemptions granted prior to the effective date of this Act shall continue for the remainder of their unexpired terms; 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 1526/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/248546.pdf)
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2. **LC 47 4027/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/245555.pdf)
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3. **Local Ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/245600.pdf)
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## Votes
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- Senate Vote #886 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **47–0** (pass) · upper
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- House Vote #734 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **153–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Gerald Greene — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2026-03-09** House Hopper `introduction`
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- **2026-03-10** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2026-03-12** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2026-03-20** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2026-03-20** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2026-03-20** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2026-03-23** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2026-03-25** Senate Withdrawn & Recommitted `referral-committee, withdrawal`
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- **2026-03-27** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2026-03-27** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2026-03-31** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2026-03-31** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2026-04-07** 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 669 `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/29a80c8a-f930-41e9-8699-21c9aeeada76`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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