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type: "Bill"
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title: "Cartersville, City of; independent school district ad valorem tax; provide homestead exemption"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act to provide a homestead exemption from certain City of Cartersville ad valorem taxes for educational purposes in the amount of $28,000.00 of the assessed value of the homestead for each resident of the city who is 65 years of age or older or totally disabled, approved March 29, 1995 (Ga. L. 1995, p. 3950), as amended, so as to provide a homestead exemption from City of Cartersville independent school district ad valorem taxes for educational purposes in the amount of $60,000.00 of the assessed value of the homestead for residents who are between 65 and 69 years of age or totally disabled; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
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legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
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session: "2025_26"
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identifier: "HB 859"
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citation: "Georgia HB 859 (2025_26)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Matthew Gambill", "Mitchell Scoggins"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 13
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2025-03-25"
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last_action: "2025-05-14"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5823b0b7-bdb1-4d5d-8cc0-31dae399f57d"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "07d37561b023e2973515a7817ec7d8e0504d9bc55589a53b3837fcc3fd167399"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ga"]
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---
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# Georgia HB 859 (2025_26) — Cartersville, City of; independent school district ad valorem tax; provide homestead exemption
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act to provide a homestead exemption from certain City of Cartersville ad valorem taxes for educational purposes in the amount of $28,000.00 of the assessed value of the homestead for each resident of the city who is 65 years of age or older or totally disabled, approved March 29, 1995 (Ga. L. 1995, p. 3950), as amended, so as to provide a homestead exemption from City of Cartersville independent school district ad valorem taxes for educational purposes in the amount of $60,000.00 of the assessed value of the homestead for residents who are between 65 and 69 years of age or totally disabled; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **HB 859/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/238871.pdf)
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2. **LC 61 0236/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/237274.pdf)
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3. **Local Ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/237367.pdf)
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## Votes
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- House Vote #342 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **165–0** (pass) · lower
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- Senate Vote #400 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **55–1** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Matthew Gambill — primary (person)
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- Mitchell Scoggins — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-03-25** House Hopper `introduction`
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- **2025-03-25** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2025-03-27** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2025-03-31** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-03-31** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2025-03-31** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2025-03-31** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2025-04-02** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-04-02** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2025-04-08** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2025-05-14** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2025-05-14** Act 350 `executive-signature`
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- **2025-05-14** Effective Date
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5823b0b7-bdb1-4d5d-8cc0-31dae399f57d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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