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4.6 KiB
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| Bill | Walker County; school district ad valorem tax; remove five year residency requirement for homestead exemption | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act to provide a homestead exemption from Walker County school district ad valorem taxes for educational purposes, approved May 13, 2025 (Ga. L. 2025, p. 3901), so as to remove the five year residency requirement for the homestead exemption for residents of such school district who are 75 years of age or older; 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 | HB 1316 | Georgia HB 1316 (2025_26) |
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Georgia HB 1316 (2025_26) — Walker County; school district ad valorem tax; remove five year residency requirement for homestead exemption
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act to provide a homestead exemption from Walker County school district ad valorem taxes for educational purposes, approved May 13, 2025 (Ga. L. 2025, p. 3901), so as to remove the five year residency requirement for the homestead exemption for residents of such school district who are 75 years of age or older; 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.
- HB 1316/AP* (committee substitute) — source
- LC 61 0340/a (committee substitute) — source
- Local Ad (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- Senate Vote #847 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 48–0 (pass) · upper
- House Vote #693 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 159–0 (pass) · lower
- Senate Vote #835 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 26–22 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
- Mike Cameron — primary (person)
- Steve Tarvin — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2026-02-17 House Hopper
introduction - 2026-02-18 House First Readers
reading-1 - 2026-02-19 House Second Readers
reading-2 - 2026-03-10 House Committee Favorably Reported
committee-passage-favorable - 2026-03-10 House Third Readers
reading-3 - 2026-03-10 House Passed/Adopted
passage - 2026-03-12 Senate Read and Referred
referral-committee - 2026-03-25 Senate Committee Favorably Reported
committee-passage-favorable - 2026-03-25 Senate Read Second Time
reading-2 - 2026-03-27 Senate Tabled
- 2026-03-27 Senate Taken from Table
- 2026-03-27 Senate Third Read
reading-3 - 2026-03-27 Senate Passed/Adopted
passage - 2026-04-06 House Sent to Governor
executive-receipt - 2026-05-11 House Date Signed by Governor
executive-signature - 2026-05-11 Act 556
executive-signature - 2026-05-11 Effective Date
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/144c8cf6-6c8e-411a-b89b-70234397b564. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).