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type: "Bill"
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title: "Bibb County; ad valorem tax for educational purposes; provide a homestead exemption"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide a homestead exemption from Bibb County school district ad valorem taxes for educational purposes in the amount of $17,000.00 of the assessed value of the homestead for residents of that school district who are between the ages of 65 and 74; to provide a homestead exemption from Bibb County school district ad valorem taxes for educational purposes in the amount of $32,000.00 of the assessed value of the homestead for residents of that school district who are between the ages of 75 and 84; 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 1537"
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citation: "Georgia HB 1537 (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: ["Anissa Jones", "Dale Washburn", "Floyd Griffin", "Miriam Paris", "Tangie Herring"]
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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: "2026-03-10"
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last_action: "2026-05-12"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/627625dc-190e-4a22-bf01-e9560daaeef2"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "798024e36ef535c5f1c083ebd9853049e7cc439780ef20c4d5920bf64b903e09"
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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 1537 (2025_26) — Bibb County; ad valorem tax for educational purposes; provide a homestead exemption
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide a homestead exemption from Bibb County school district ad valorem taxes for educational purposes in the amount of $17,000.00 of the assessed value of the homestead for residents of that school district who are between the ages of 65 and 74; to provide a homestead exemption from Bibb County school district ad valorem taxes for educational purposes in the amount of $32,000.00 of the assessed value of the homestead for residents of that school district who are between the ages of 75 and 84; 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 1537/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/247392.pdf)
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2. **LC 61 0407/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/245654.pdf)
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3. **Local Ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/245672.pdf)
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## Votes
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- Senate Vote #799 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **50–0** (pass) · upper
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- House Vote #712 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **161–2** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Anissa Jones — primary (person)
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- Dale Washburn — primary (person)
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- Floyd Griffin — primary (person)
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- Miriam Paris — primary (person)
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- Tangie Herring — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2026-03-10** House Hopper `introduction`
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- **2026-03-12** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2026-03-16** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2026-03-18** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2026-03-18** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2026-03-18** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2026-03-19** 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 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 673 `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/627625dc-190e-4a22-bf01-e9560daaeef2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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