Walker County; school district ad valorem tax; remove five year residency requirement for homestead exemption
Summary
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.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2026
Committee Review
Mar 2026
House Passage
Mar 2026
Senate Passage
Mar 2026
Signed into Law
May 2026
Introduced Feb 17, 2026
Signed May 11, 2026
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What changed between versions
LC 61 0340/a
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HB 1316/AP*
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MINOR
The bill text was updated to reflect that it has passed both the House and Senate, and the header was changed to indicate the new version number LC 61 0340/AP. These changes are primarily administrative updates to track the bill's legislative progress rather than substantive policy modifications.
TECHNICAL
The bill title was updated to include '(AS PASSED HOUSE AND SENATE)' to indicate its current legislative status.
The version identifier in the header was changed from LC 61 0340 to LC 61 0340/AP to denote the amended version.
Floor votes · Senate Mar 27, 2026 · House Mar 10, 2026
How they voted
42–0
Passed · 5 other
Total votes 47
Mar 27, 2026
D
Democratic18
72% Yea
R
Republican29
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
17
Key actions
6
Committee
3
May 11, 2026
Signed into law
Act 556
upper
May 11, 2026
Signed into law
House Date Signed by Governor
lower
Mar 27, 2026
Upper · Passed
Senate Passed/Adopted
upper
Mar 25, 2026
Upper · Passed
Senate Committee Favorably Reported
upper
Mar 12, 2026
Committee
Senate Read and Referred
upper
Mar 10, 2026
Lower · Passed
House Passed/Adopted
lower
Mar 10, 2026
Lower · Passed
House Committee Favorably Reported
lower
Feb 17, 2026
Introduced
House Hopper
lower
2 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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