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type: "Bill"
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title: "College Park, City of; ad valorem tax for municipal purposes; homestead exemption; remove income cap"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act providing a homestead exemption from City of College Park ad valorem taxes for municipal purposes for the full amount of the assessed value of the homestead for certain residents of that city who are disabled or who are 65 years of age or older, approved May 1, 2023 (Ga. L. 2023, p. 3696), so as to remove the income cap from 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 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 648"
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citation: "Georgia HB 648 (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: ["Derrick Jackson", "Kim Schofield", "Rhonda Burnough", "Tanya Miller"]
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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: "2025-02-26"
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last_action: "2025-05-13"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/117e5add-668f-48dc-8d2a-78e171a31d74"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "1f6f052cda5768771203ce9722e359430ce4d51758eb1deda52ffbb56cda8eb1"
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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 648 (2025_26) — College Park, City of; ad valorem tax for municipal purposes; homestead exemption; remove income cap
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act providing a homestead exemption from City of College Park ad valorem taxes for municipal purposes for the full amount of the assessed value of the homestead for certain residents of that city who are disabled or who are 65 years of age or older, approved May 1, 2023 (Ga. L. 2023, p. 3696), so as to remove the income cap from 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 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 648/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/236741.pdf)
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2. **LC 47 3162/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/234054.pdf)
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3. **Local Ads** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/234128.pdf)
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## Votes
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- Senate Vote #250 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **51–0** (pass) · upper
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- House Vote #148 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **172–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Derrick Jackson — primary (person)
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- Kim Schofield — primary (person)
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- Rhonda Burnough — primary (person)
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- Tanya Miller — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-02-26** House Hopper `introduction`
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- **2025-02-27** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2025-02-28** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2025-03-04** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-03-04** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2025-03-04** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2025-03-06** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2025-03-20** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-03-20** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2025-04-07** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2025-05-13** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2025-05-13** Act 209 `executive-signature`
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- **2025-05-13** 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/117e5add-668f-48dc-8d2a-78e171a31d74`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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