HB 1595 Georgia House · 2025-2026 Regular Session

Clarke County; school district ad valorem tax; revise how income cap is calculated

Summary
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act to grant to residents of Clarke County and the Clarke County School District, upon their homesteads, an exemption of $10,000.00 from certain ad valorem taxes levied by the Unified Government of Athens-Clarke County, Georgia, and levied by, for, or on behalf of the Clarke County School District, approved April 13, 1992 (Ga. L. 1992, p. 6241), as amended, particularly by an Act approved April 18, 2022 (Ga. L. 2022, p. 5504), so as to revise how the income cap is calculated related to the low-income base year assessed value homestead exemption from certain ad valorem taxes levied by the Unified Government of Athens-Clarke County for unified government purposes; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2026
Committee Review
Apr 2026
House Passage
Mar 2026
Senate Passage
Apr 2026
Signed into Law
May 2026
Introduced Mar 20, 2026 Signed May 12, 2026
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The bill text was updated to reflect that it has passed both the House and Senate, and the version identifier was changed to indicate the approved committee version. These are primarily technical and formatting updates to track the bill's legislative progress rather than substantive policy changes.
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Updated the bill title to include '(AS PASSED HOUSE AND SENATE)' and changed the version identifier from 'LC 47 4032' to 'LC 47 4032/AP' to reflect its current legislative status.

Floor votes · Senate Apr 2, 2026 · House Mar 27, 2026

How they voted

420
Passed · 5 other
Total votes 47
Apr 2, 2026
D Democratic18
15 Yea 3
83% Yea
R Republican29
27 Yea 2
93% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
13
Key actions
6
Committee
3
May 12, 2026
Signed into law
Act 691
upper
May 12, 2026
Signed into law
House Date Signed by Governor
lower
Apr 2, 2026
Upper · Passed
Senate Passed/Adopted
upper
Apr 2, 2026
Upper · Passed
Senate Committee Favorably Reported
upper
Mar 27, 2026
Committee
Senate Read and Referred
upper
Mar 27, 2026
Lower · Passed
House Passed/Adopted
lower
Mar 27, 2026
Lower · Passed
House Committee Favorably Reported
lower
Mar 20, 2026
Introduced
House Hopper
lower
4 primary · 0 co-sponsors

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