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Bill Gainesville, City of; school district ad valorem tax; provide homestead exemption A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide a homestead exemption from City of Gainesville independent school district ad valorem taxes for educational purposes in the amount of $10,000.00 of the assessed value of the homestead for residents of that school district; 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. us/states/ga Georgia General Assembly 2025_26 HB 1602 Georgia HB 1602 (2025_26)
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Derrick McCollum
Lee Hawkins
Matt Dubnik
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Georgia HB 1602 (2025_26) — Gainesville, City of; school district ad valorem tax; provide homestead exemption

A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide a homestead exemption from City of Gainesville independent school district ad valorem taxes for educational purposes in the amount of $10,000.00 of the assessed value of the homestead for residents of that school district; 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.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

  1. HB 1602/AP* (committee substitute) — source
  2. LC 47 4214/a (committee substitute) — source
  3. Local Ad (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • Senate Vote #927 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 490 (pass) · upper
  • House Vote #772 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 1530 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

  • Brent Cox — primary (person)
  • Derrick McCollum — primary (person)
  • Lee Hawkins — primary (person)
  • Matt Dubnik — primary (person)

Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

  • 2026-03-23 House Hopper introduction
  • 2026-03-23 House First Readers reading-1
  • 2026-03-25 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 695 executive-signature
  • 2026-05-12 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/693f91bb-9286-42eb-8e55-4f73a8c8ef25. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).