republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2025-26/hb-807.md

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Bill	Woodstock, City of; ad valorem tax; extend homestead exemption to surviving spouses	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act providing a homestead exemption from all City of Woodstock ad valorem taxes for city purposes for the full value of the homestead after a two-year phase-in period for certain residents of that city who are 62 years of age or older, approved April 13, 2001 (Ga. L. 2001, p. 3793), as amended, particularly by an Act approved February 19, 2024 (Ga. L. 2024, p. 3560), so as to extend the homestead exemption to surviving spouses without regard to the five-year residency requirement; to revise provisions for the grandfathering of certain residents; 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 807	Georgia HB 807 (2025_26)	bill		enacted	Brad Thomas Charlice Byrd Don Parsons John Carson Jordan Ridley Mitchell Scoggins	3	13	2	2025-03-20	2025-05-14	openstates	ocd-bill/1eedbabb-1d04-44c5-b7ee-bfa8a8683a3e	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	797ddf15ad2342dc06679965ed4b8efcc36ed6014e46124c2b60f794124cbd82	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia HB 807 (2025_26) — Woodstock, City of; ad valorem tax; extend homestead exemption to surviving spouses

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act providing a homestead exemption from all City of Woodstock ad valorem taxes for city purposes for the full value of the homestead after a two-year phase-in period for certain residents of that city who are 62 years of age or older, approved April 13, 2001 (Ga. L. 2001, p. 3793), as amended, particularly by an Act approved February 19, 2024 (Ga. L. 2024, p. 3560), so as to extend the homestead exemption to surviving spouses without regard to the five-year residency requirement; to revise provisions for the grandfathering of certain residents; 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 807/AP* (committee substitute) — source
2. LC 47 3565/a (committee substitute) — source
3. Local Ad (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Senate Vote #381 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 51–0 (pass) · upper
• House Vote #332 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 160–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Brad Thomas — primary (person)
• Charlice Byrd — primary (person)
• Don Parsons — primary (person)
• John Carson — primary (person)
• Jordan Ridley — primary (person)
• Mitchell Scoggins — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-03-20 House Hopper introduction
• 2025-03-21 House First Readers reading-1
• 2025-03-25 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2025-03-28 House Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-03-28 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2025-03-28 House Passed/Adopted passage
• 2025-03-31 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2025-04-02 Senate Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-04-02 Senate Passed/Adopted passage
• 2025-04-07 House Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2025-05-14 House Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2025-05-14 Act 331 executive-signature
• 2025-05-14 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/1eedbabb-1d04-44c5-b7ee-bfa8a8683a3e. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).