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type: "Bill"
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title: "Cherokee County; school district ad valorem tax; extend homestead exemption"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act providing a homestead exemption from Cherokee County School District ad valorem taxes for educational purposes for the full value of the homestead for certain residents of that school district who have annual incomes not exceeding $16,000.00 and who are 62 years of age or over, approved March 10, 1988 (Ga. L. 1988, p. 3677), as amended, particularly by an Act approved February 19, 2024 (Ga. L. 2024, p. 3552), so as to extend the homestead exemption to surviving spouses without regard to the five-year residency requirement; 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 771"
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citation: "Georgia HB 771 (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: ["Brad Thomas", "Jan Jones", "John Carson", "Jordan Ridley", "Mitchell Scoggins", "Rick Jasperse"]
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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: "2025-03-13"
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last_action: "2025-05-14"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/aae56db4-4a80-48af-a04a-04583ee5c684"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "658d8f7ed1d503405ce7ed3d9e009dc8d1b7bc77dbfa204149ef9c0f48c0c615"
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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 771 (2025_26) — Cherokee County; school district ad valorem tax; extend homestead exemption
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act providing a homestead exemption from Cherokee County School District ad valorem taxes for educational purposes for the full value of the homestead for certain residents of that school district who have annual incomes not exceeding $16,000.00 and who are 62 years of age or over, approved March 10, 1988 (Ga. L. 1988, p. 3677), as amended, particularly by an Act approved February 19, 2024 (Ga. L. 2024, p. 3552), so as to extend the homestead exemption to surviving spouses without regard to the five-year residency requirement; 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 771/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/238037.pdf)
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2. **LC 47 3511/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/236038.pdf)
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3. **Local Ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/236041.pdf)
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## Votes
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- House Vote #302 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **170–0** (pass) · lower
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- Senate Vote #313 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **53–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Brad Thomas — primary (person)
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- Jan Jones — primary (person)
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- John Carson — primary (person)
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- Jordan Ridley — primary (person)
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- Mitchell Scoggins — primary (person)
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- Rick Jasperse — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-03-13** House Hopper `introduction`
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- **2025-03-18** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2025-03-20** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2025-03-25** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-03-25** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2025-03-25** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2025-03-27** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2025-03-28** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-03-28** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2025-04-07** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2025-05-14** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2025-05-14** Act 324 `executive-signature`
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- **2025-05-14** 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/aae56db4-4a80-48af-a04a-04583ee5c684`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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