republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2025-26/hb-820.md

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Bill	Jasper County; school district ad valorem tax; provide homestead exemption	A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide a homestead exemption from Jasper County school district ad valorem taxes for educational purposes in the amount of $40,000.00 of the assessed value of the homestead for residents of that school district who are 65 years of age or older; to provide for definitions; to specify the terms and conditions of the exemption and the procedures relating thereto; to provide for applicability; 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 820	Georgia HB 820 (2025_26)	bill		enacted	Dale Washburn	3	13	2	2025-03-21	2025-05-14	openstates	ocd-bill/7c8a9035-7f7a-4789-90b3-2d5bd8d0dd12	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	e07095bec6f8f4c5516c5a394ff1e2a9151213aebabb4a749878d3322fceaf2e	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia HB 820 (2025_26) — Jasper County; school district ad valorem tax; provide homestead exemption

A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide a homestead exemption from Jasper County school district ad valorem taxes for educational purposes in the amount of $40,000.00 of the assessed value of the homestead for residents of that school district who are 65 years of age or older; to provide for definitions; to specify the terms and conditions of the exemption and the procedures relating thereto; to provide for applicability; 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 820/AP* (committee substitute) — source
2. LC 37 3539/a (committee substitute) — source
3. Local Ad (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Senate Vote #446 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 51–1 (pass) · upper
• House Vote #342 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 165–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Dale Washburn — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-03-21 House Hopper introduction
• 2025-03-25 House First Readers reading-1
• 2025-03-27 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2025-03-31 House Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-03-31 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2025-03-31 House Passed/Adopted passage
• 2025-03-31 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2025-04-04 Senate Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-04-04 Senate Passed/Adopted passage
• 2025-04-09 House Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2025-05-14 House Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2025-05-14 Act 336 executive-signature
• 2025-05-14 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/7c8a9035-7f7a-4789-90b3-2d5bd8d0dd12. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).