republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2025-26/hb-793.md

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Bill	Home Ownership Municipal Exemption (H.O.M.E.) Act; enact	A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide for a new homestead exemption from City of Brunswick ad valorem taxes for municipal purposes in a designated percentage off such assessed value based upon length of ownership of such homestead; to provide for definitions; to specify the terms and conditions of the exemption and the procedures relating thereto; to provide for applicability; to provide a short title; 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 793	Georgia HB 793 (2025_26)	bill		enacted	Buddy DeLoach Rick Townsend Steven Sainz	3	13	2	2025-03-18	2025-05-01	openstates	ocd-bill/552ccbf5-f41b-4463-ad88-ea642dcacbbd	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	dc6a3bfa3dfcb7e5ecb196425e1b98decc7d9918b6330aa6ca4a2d9a8c8af2bc	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia HB 793 (2025_26) — Home Ownership Municipal Exemption (H.O.M.E.) Act; enact

A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide for a new homestead exemption from City of Brunswick ad valorem taxes for municipal purposes in a designated percentage off such assessed value based upon length of ownership of such homestead; to provide for definitions; to specify the terms and conditions of the exemption and the procedures relating thereto; to provide for applicability; to provide a short title; 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 793/AP* (committee substitute) — source
2. LC 47 3619/a (committee substitute) — source
3. Local Ad (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• House Vote #317 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 164–0 (pass) · lower
• Senate Vote #339 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 49–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Buddy DeLoach — primary (person)
• Rick Townsend — primary (person)
• Steven Sainz — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-03-18 House Hopper introduction
• 2025-03-20 House First Readers reading-1
• 2025-03-21 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2025-03-27 House Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-03-27 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2025-03-27 House Passed/Adopted passage
• 2025-03-28 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2025-03-31 Senate Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-03-31 Senate Passed/Adopted passage
• 2025-04-08 House Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2025-05-01 House Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2025-05-01 Act 55 executive-signature
• 2025-05-01 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/552ccbf5-f41b-4463-ad88-ea642dcacbbd. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).