GeorgiaWalker County; school district ad valorem tax; remove five year residency requirement for homestead exemption
What it does
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.
More detail
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.
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Where it stands
- Introduced
- Passed House
- Passed Senate
- To Governor
- Became Law
Looking ahead
No hearings or votes scheduled.
History
- 2026
- May 11Effective DateLatest
- May 11Act 556Major
- May 11House Date Signed by Governor Brian KempBecame Law
- Apr 6House Sent to GovernorTo Governor
- Mar 27Senate Passed/AdoptedPassed Senate
- Vote recorded Senate Vote #835 - 2025-2026 Regular Session. Result: pass.Upper
- Vote recorded Senate Vote #847 - 2025-2026 Regular Session. Result: pass.Upper
- Vote recorded Senate Vote #847 - 2025-2026 Regular Session. Result: pass.Upper
- Vote recorded Senate Vote #835 - 2025-2026 Regular Session. Result: pass.Upper
- Mar 27Senate Third ReadMinor
- Mar 27Senate Taken from Table
- Mar 27Senate Tabled
- Mar 25Senate Read Second TimeMinor
- Mar 25Senate Committee Favorably ReportedMinor
- Mar 12Senate Read and ReferredMinor
- Mar 10House Passed/AdoptedPassed House
- Vote recorded House Vote #693 - 2025-2026 Regular Session. Result: pass.Lower
- Vote recorded House Vote #693 - 2025-2026 Regular Session. Result: pass.Lower
- Mar 10House Third ReadersMinor
- Mar 10House Committee Favorably ReportedMinor
- Feb 19House Second ReadersMinor
- Feb 18House First ReadersMinor
- Feb 17House HopperIntroduced