republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2025-26/hb-854.md

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Bill	Cohutta, City of; ad valorem tax for municipal purposes; increase homestead exemption	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act to provide for a new homestead exemption from City of Cohutta ad valorem taxes for municipal purposes in the amount of $100,000.00 for each resident of the City of Cohutta who is 70 years of age or older, approved May 3, 2023 (Ga. L. 2023, p. 4375), so as to increase the exemption amount to $325,000.00 of the assessed value of the homestead; 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 854	Georgia HB 854 (2025_26)	bill		enacted	Jason Ridley Kasey Carpenter Steve Tarvin	3	13	2	2025-03-25	2025-05-14	openstates	ocd-bill/2b21d6fc-2da8-42c3-a71c-f6296c974a29	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	1e99a90842a1c48af2a49733f24e69c0aee46799fb382c704506521faf75661f	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia HB 854 (2025_26) — Cohutta, City of; ad valorem tax for municipal purposes; increase homestead exemption

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act to provide for a new homestead exemption from City of Cohutta ad valorem taxes for municipal purposes in the amount of $100,000.00 for each resident of the City of Cohutta who is 70 years of age or older, approved May 3, 2023 (Ga. L. 2023, p. 4375), so as to increase the exemption amount to $325,000.00 of the assessed value of the homestead; 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 854/AP* (committee substitute) — source
2. LC 61 0242/a (committee substitute) — source
3. Local Ad (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• House Vote #342 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 165–0 (pass) · lower
• Senate Vote #400 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 55–1 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Jason Ridley — primary (person)
• Kasey Carpenter — primary (person)
• Steve Tarvin — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-03-25 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
• 2025-04-02 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 349 executive-signature
• 2025-05-14 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/2b21d6fc-2da8-42c3-a71c-f6296c974a29. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).