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type: "Bill"
title: "Dawson County; ad valorem tax; homestead exemption; revise definition of senior citizen"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act to provide a homestead exemption from Dawson County ad valorem taxes for county purposes for certain senior citizens, approved April 22, 2024 (Ga. L. 2024, p. 3588), so as to revise the definition of senior citizen; to provide that the homestead exemption granted by this Act shall be in lieu of and not in addition to any other homestead exemption applicable to Dawson County ad valorem taxes for county purposes; to fix a nonsubstantive scrivener's error; 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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2025_26"
identifier: "HB 823"
citation: "Georgia HB 823 (2025_26)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Johnny Chastain", "Will Wade"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-03-25"
last_action: "2025-05-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1faa04c7-f0dc-453a-b3aa-20c666c41f67"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "b6854c6c07b29e71a0e73503c9512b2ee1e68fdee81b04b57d285e2780863ee4"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ga"]
---
# Georgia HB 823 (2025_26) — Dawson County; ad valorem tax; homestead exemption; revise definition of senior citizen
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act to provide a homestead exemption from Dawson County ad valorem taxes for county purposes for certain senior citizens, approved April 22, 2024 (Ga. L. 2024, p. 3588), so as to revise the definition of senior citizen; to provide that the homestead exemption granted by this Act shall be in lieu of and not in addition to any other homestead exemption applicable to Dawson County ad valorem taxes for county purposes; to fix a nonsubstantive scrivener's error; 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 823/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/238852.pdf)
2. **LC 47 3662/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/237073.pdf)
3. **Local Ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/237112.pdf)
## Votes
- Senate Vote #400 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **55–1** (pass) · upper
- House Vote #342 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **165–0** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Johnny Chastain — primary (person)
- Will Wade — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2025-03-25** House Hopper `introduction`
- **2025-03-27** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2025-03-28** 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`
- **2025-04-02** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-02** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2025-04-08** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-14** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-14** Act 337 `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-14** Effective Date
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1faa04c7-f0dc-453a-b3aa-20c666c41f67`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).