2025-2026 Regular Session
HB1316
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.
Legislative progress
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Recorded floor votes
3 roll calls are available for this bill. This record includes procedural and intermediate action as well as substantive final votes.
March 10, 2026 · House
Local Calendar : House Vote #693
Passed
159 yea–0 nay · 5 not voting · 12 absent
March 27, 2026 · Senate
Motion To Table Remaining Legislation On The Rules Calendar: Senate Vote #835
Passed
26 yea–22 nay · 3 not voting · 3 absent
March 27, 2026 · Senate
Passage: Senate Vote #847
Passed ⭐ Substantive final action
48 yea–0 nay · 1 not voting · 5 absent
Committee referrals
March 12, 2026 · Senate
State and Local Governmental Operations
February 18, 2026 · House
Intragovernmental Coordination
Instrument history
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State Effective Date 2026-05-11
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State Act 556
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House House Date Signed by Governor
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House House Sent to Governor
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Senate Senate Passed/Adopted
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Senate Senate Third Read
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Senate Senate Taken from Table
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Senate Senate Tabled
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Senate Senate Read Second Time
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Senate Senate Committee Favorably Reported
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Senate Senate Read and Referred
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House House Passed/Adopted View roll call
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House House Third Readers
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House House Committee Favorably Reported
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House House Second Readers
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House House First Readers
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House House Hopper