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type: "Bill"
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title: "Pickens County; school district ad valorem tax; homestead exemption; increase income cap"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act providing a homestead exemption from all Pickens County School District ad valorem taxes for educational purposes for the full value of the homestead of certain residents of that school district, approved April 21, 1997 (Ga. L. 1997, p. 4283), so as to increase the income cap on such exemption; 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 1551"
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citation: "Georgia HB 1551 (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: ["Rick Jasperse"]
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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: "2026-03-16"
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last_action: "2026-05-11"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f2a9ebfb-c0a8-426f-9eff-80d099784377"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "f2ba799b2be773ae7aa8b0fbcab4483f440c6a1843f2d8c1c43ca54fabc0cc78"
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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 1551 (2025_26) — Pickens County; school district ad valorem tax; homestead exemption; increase income cap
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act providing a homestead exemption from all Pickens County School District ad valorem taxes for educational purposes for the full value of the homestead of certain residents of that school district, approved April 21, 1997 (Ga. L. 1997, p. 4283), so as to increase the income cap on such exemption; 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 1551/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/247852.pdf)
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2. **LC 47 4092/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/245907.pdf)
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3. **Local Ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/245935.pdf)
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## Votes
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- House Vote #739 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **158–0** (pass) · lower
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- Senate Vote #825 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **47–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Rick Jasperse — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2026-03-16** House Hopper `introduction`
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- **2026-03-18** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2026-03-19** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2026-03-23** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2026-03-23** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2026-03-23** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2026-03-25** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2026-03-27** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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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 590 `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/f2a9ebfb-c0a8-426f-9eff-80d099784377`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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