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type: "Bill"
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title: "Calhoun, City of; school district ad valorem tax; increase homestead exemption for certain residents"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act to provide homestead exemptions from City of Calhoun independent 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 at least 65 but less than 70 years of age and in the amount of $100,000.00 of the assessed value of the homestead for residents of that school district who are 70 years of age or older, approved May 5, 2006 (Ga. L. 2006, p. 4537), so as to increase said homestead exemption for residents who are between 65 and 69 years of age to $50,000.00; to provide for compliance with constitutional requirements; to provide for a referendum, effective dates, and automatic repeal; to provide for mandatory execution of election and judicial remedies regarding failure to comply; 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 861"
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citation: "Georgia HB 861 (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: ["Jason Ridley", "Matt Barton"]
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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/53e7bded-0016-4bb9-b562-7a4ea447fdc1"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "38b61dc87e2b432bf32be5c5e1649c5a60bb6ac8fd54b73226cc88be2ee77ba2"
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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 861 (2025_26) — Calhoun, City of; school district ad valorem tax; increase homestead exemption for certain residents
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act to provide homestead exemptions from City of Calhoun independent 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 at least 65 but less than 70 years of age and in the amount of $100,000.00 of the assessed value of the homestead for residents of that school district who are 70 years of age or older, approved May 5, 2006 (Ga. L. 2006, p. 4537), so as to increase said homestead exemption for residents who are between 65 and 69 years of age to $50,000.00; to provide for compliance with constitutional requirements; to provide for a referendum, effective dates, and automatic repeal; to provide for mandatory execution of election and judicial remedies regarding failure to comply; 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 861/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/238875.pdf)
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2. **LC 47 3649/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/237287.pdf)
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3. **Local Ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/237399.pdf)
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## Votes
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- Senate Vote #400 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **55–1** (pass) · upper
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- House Vote #342 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **165–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Jason Ridley — primary (person)
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- Matt Barton — 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 352 `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/53e7bded-0016-4bb9-b562-7a4ea447fdc1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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