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type: "Bill"
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title: "Clarke County; school district ad valorem tax; revise how income cap is calculated"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act to grant to residents of Clarke County and the Clarke County School District, upon their homesteads, an exemption of $10,000.00 from certain ad valorem taxes levied by the Unified Government of Athens-Clarke County, Georgia, and levied by, for, or on behalf of the Clarke County School District, approved April 13, 1992 (Ga. L. 1992, p. 6241), as amended, particularly by an Act approved April 18, 2022 (Ga. L. 2022, p. 5504), so as to revise how the income cap is calculated related to the low-income base year assessed value homestead exemption from certain ad valorem taxes levied by the Unified Government of Athens-Clarke County for unified government purposes; 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 1595"
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citation: "Georgia HB 1595 (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: ["Eric Gisler", "Houston Gaines", "Spencer Frye", "Trey Rhodes"]
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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: "2026-03-20"
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last_action: "2026-05-12"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e331b6f1-965d-4893-94e2-207bbac004f4"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "4c16ca4cf8fa145b775520e342f5d71266d532062bea5f2c2df9d358993ddbce"
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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 1595 (2025_26) — Clarke County; school district ad valorem tax; revise how income cap is calculated
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act to grant to residents of Clarke County and the Clarke County School District, upon their homesteads, an exemption of $10,000.00 from certain ad valorem taxes levied by the Unified Government of Athens-Clarke County, Georgia, and levied by, for, or on behalf of the Clarke County School District, approved April 13, 1992 (Ga. L. 1992, p. 6241), as amended, particularly by an Act approved April 18, 2022 (Ga. L. 2022, p. 5504), so as to revise how the income cap is calculated related to the low-income base year assessed value homestead exemption from certain ad valorem taxes levied by the Unified Government of Athens-Clarke County for unified government purposes; 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 1595/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/248726.pdf)
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2. **LC 47 4032/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/246896.pdf)
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3. **Local Ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/246922.pdf)
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## Votes
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- Senate Vote #927 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **49–0** (pass) · upper
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- House Vote #772 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **153–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Eric Gisler — primary (person)
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- Houston Gaines — primary (person)
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- Spencer Frye — primary (person)
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- Trey Rhodes — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2026-03-20** House Hopper `introduction`
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- **2026-03-23** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2026-03-25** 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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- **2026-05-12** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2026-05-12** Act 691 `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/e331b6f1-965d-4893-94e2-207bbac004f4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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