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type: "Bill"
title: "Statham, City of; ad valorem tax for municipal purposes; provide homestead exemption"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide a homestead exemption from City of Statham ad valorem taxes for municipal purposes in the amount of $20,000.00 of the assessed value of the homestead for residents of that city who are 62 years of age or older; to provide an additional homestead exemption from City of Statham ad valorem taxes for municipal purposes in the amount of $10,000.00 of the assessed value of the homestead for residents of that city who are 67 years of age or older; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2025_26"
identifier: "HB 1573"
citation: "Georgia HB 1573 (2025_26)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Holt Persinger", "Houston Gaines"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-03-18"
last_action: "2026-05-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b3575ec1-ed4f-4d63-97dd-e8411755e21f"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "b8e32a4774b58bacb6a8c026379978a82399f8139cd81e67404409a5b74f12d5"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ga"]
---
# Georgia HB 1573 (2025_26) — Statham, City of; ad valorem tax for municipal purposes; provide homestead exemption
A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide a homestead exemption from City of Statham ad valorem taxes for municipal purposes in the amount of $20,000.00 of the assessed value of the homestead for residents of that city who are 62 years of age or older; to provide an additional homestead exemption from City of Statham ad valorem taxes for municipal purposes in the amount of $10,000.00 of the assessed value of the homestead for residents of that city who are 67 years of age or older; 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.
1. **HB 1573/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/248716.pdf)
2. **LC 47 3860/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/246380.pdf)
3. **Local Ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/246384.pdf)
## Votes
- Senate Vote #927 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- House Vote #772 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **153–0** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Holt Persinger — primary (person)
- Houston Gaines — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2026-03-18** House Hopper `introduction`
- **2026-03-19** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2026-03-20** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2026-03-27** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-27** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2026-03-27** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2026-03-27** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2026-04-02** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-02** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2026-04-10** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-05-12** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2026-05-12** Act 682 `executive-signature`
- **2026-05-12** Effective Date
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b3575ec1-ed4f-4d63-97dd-e8411755e21f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).