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type: "Bill"
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title: "Butts County; ad valorem tax; increase homestead exemption"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act to provide a homestead exemption from Butts County ad valorem taxes in the amount of $4,000.00 of the assessed value of the homestead for certain residents of the county who are 62 years of age or over, approved April 13, 2001 (Ga. L. 2001, p. 4289), so as to increase the exemption amount to $20,000.00; 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."
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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 791"
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citation: "Georgia HB 791 (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: ["Clint Crowe"]
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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: "2025-03-18"
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last_action: "2025-05-13"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/18d1d0ce-45c0-4305-ac1c-aa2c072b6088"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "56be548139effe1b2e59d0bcbb9c2941c0cc04ee425bb645b92efb10bce1f4be"
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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 791 (2025_26) — Butts County; ad valorem tax; increase homestead exemption
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act to provide a homestead exemption from Butts County ad valorem taxes in the amount of $4,000.00 of the assessed value of the homestead for certain residents of the county who are 62 years of age or over, approved April 13, 2001 (Ga. L. 2001, p. 4289), so as to increase the exemption amount to $20,000.00; 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.
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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 791/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/238122.pdf)
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2. **LC 61 0165/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/236309.pdf)
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3. **Local Ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/236346.pdf)
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## Votes
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- Senate Vote #339 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **49–0** (pass) · upper
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- House Vote #317 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **164–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Clint Crowe — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-03-18** House Hopper `introduction`
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- **2025-03-20** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2025-03-21** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2025-03-27** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-03-27** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2025-03-27** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2025-03-28** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2025-03-31** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-03-31** 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 231 `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/18d1d0ce-45c0-4305-ac1c-aa2c072b6088`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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