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type: "Bill"
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title: "Chickamauga, City of; ad valorem tax; educational purposes; provide homestead exemption"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide a homestead exemption from City of Chickamauga independent school district ad valorem taxes for educational purposes in the amount of $50,000.00 of the assessed value of the homestead for residents of such school district who are 70 years of age or older; to provide a homestead exemption from City of Chickamauga independent school district ad valorem taxes for educational purposes in the amount of the full assessed value of the homestead for residents of such school district who are 75 years of age or older; 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 697"
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citation: "Georgia HB 697 (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: ["Mike Cameron", "Steve Tarvin"]
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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: "2025-03-03"
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last_action: "2025-05-13"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/41da88dd-2d3b-4121-b985-3dc8c2e7ca22"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "26c41f6f59a1d2d999dfafb98114ab510bbf0454907d41dc3ead393491a3527b"
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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 697 (2025_26) — Chickamauga, City of; ad valorem tax; educational purposes; provide homestead exemption
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide a homestead exemption from City of Chickamauga independent school district ad valorem taxes for educational purposes in the amount of $50,000.00 of the assessed value of the homestead for residents of such school district who are 70 years of age or older; to provide a homestead exemption from City of Chickamauga independent school district ad valorem taxes for educational purposes in the amount of the full assessed value of the homestead for residents of such school district who are 75 years of age or older; 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 697/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/237142.pdf)
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2. **LC 61 0136/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/234780.pdf)
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3. **Local Ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/234842.pdf)
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## Votes
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- Senate Vote #277 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **52–0** (pass) · upper
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- House Vote #270 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **165–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Mike Cameron — primary (person)
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- Steve Tarvin — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-03-03** House Hopper `introduction`
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- **2025-03-04** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2025-03-06** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2025-03-10** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-03-10** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2025-03-10** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2025-03-11** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2025-03-25** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-03-25** 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 210 `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/41da88dd-2d3b-4121-b985-3dc8c2e7ca22`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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