republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2025-26/sb-574.md

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Bill	City of Metter; ad valorem taxes for municipal purposes; provide a homestead exemption	A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide a homestead exemption from City of Metter ad valorem taxes for municipal purposes in the amount of $2,000.00 of the assessed value of the homestead for residents of that city; 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	SB 574	Georgia SB 574 (2025_26)	bill	REVENUE AND TAXATION	enacted	Billy Hickman	4	13	2	2026-02-24	2026-05-11	openstates	ocd-bill/2399952e-8123-440d-8478-643fa3fc980c	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	939461211b52e281c3d7c3e690d02ba0ae69170428cba2355e7e55a0a710fe81	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia SB 574 (2025_26) — City of Metter; ad valorem taxes for municipal purposes; provide a homestead exemption

A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide a homestead exemption from City of Metter ad valorem taxes for municipal purposes in the amount of $2,000.00 of the assessed value of the homestead for residents of that city; 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. As Introduced LC 62 0375 (committee substitute) — source
2. As Passed Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. SB 574 Local Ad (committee substitute) — source
4. SB 574/AP* (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Senate Vote #600 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 45–0 (pass) · upper
• House Vote #712 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 161–2 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Billy Hickman — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2026-02-24 Senate Hopper introduction
• 2026-02-25 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2026-03-03 Senate Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-03-03 Senate Passed/Adopted passage
• 2026-03-04 House First Readers reading-1
• 2026-03-06 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2026-03-18 House Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-03-18 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2026-03-18 House Passed/Adopted passage
• 2026-04-10 Senate Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2026-05-11 Senate Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2026-05-11 Act 616 executive-signature
• 2026-05-11 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/2399952e-8123-440d-8478-643fa3fc980c. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).