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type: "Bill"
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title: "Lee County; school district ad valorem tax; provide homestead exemption"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide a homestead exemption from Lee County school district ad valorem taxes for educational purposes in the amount of the full assessed value of the homestead for residents of that school district who are 67 years of age or older, and only for such ad valorem taxes to pay interest on and to retire county school district bonded indebtedness; 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, 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 1564"
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citation: "Georgia HB 1564 (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: ["Bill Yearta"]
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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/18c46785-9950-4060-9877-744bf848947b"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "a6465b3d9b12a561e570d923e685eb7debdd071447c6ff9c8277f8f50aead6f0"
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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 1564 (2025_26) — Lee County; school district ad valorem tax; provide homestead exemption
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide a homestead exemption from Lee County school district ad valorem taxes for educational purposes in the amount of the full assessed value of the homestead for residents of that school district who are 67 years of age or older, and only for such ad valorem taxes to pay interest on and to retire county school district bonded indebtedness; 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, 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 1564/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/248711.pdf)
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2. **LC 61 0453/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/246010.pdf)
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3. **Local Ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/246106.pdf)
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## Votes
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- House Vote #772 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **153–0** (pass) · lower
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- Senate Vote #927 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **49–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Bill Yearta — 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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- **2026-03-27** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2026-03-27** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2026-03-27** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2026-03-27** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2026-04-02** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2026-04-02** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2026-04-10** 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 598 `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/18c46785-9950-4060-9877-744bf848947b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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