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HB1116 House Bill
Passed
2026-03-06

Homeownership Opportunity and Market Equalization Act of 2026; enact

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapters 5 and 8 of Title 48 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to ad valorem taxation of property and sales and use taxes, respectively, so as to provide for the acceptance of tax digests in the event of a publication error made by a newspaper; to amend Part 4 of Article 6 of Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to financing under the "Quality Basic Education Act," so as to exclude amounts attributable to certain exemptions from ad valorem taxation from the equalized adjusted school property tax digest for the purpose of calculating the local five mill share and equalization grants; to amend Article 1 of Chapter 81 of Title 36 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to local government budgets and audits; to provide for a short title; to provide for an effective date and applicability; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Bill Details

State

Georgia

Session

2025-2026 Regular Session

Chamber

House

Official Source

www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/72644

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Sponsors

Shaw Blackmon (Rep - R)
Jon Burns (Rep - R)
Chuck Efstration (Rep - R)
James Hatchett (Rep - R)
Charles Cannon (Rep - R)
Charles Martin (Rep - R)
Chuck Hufstetler (Sen - R)

Action History

2026-04-02 H House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub As Amended
2026-03-31 S Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute
2026-03-31 S Senate Third Read
2026-03-31 S Senate Engrossed
2026-03-27 S Senate Read Second Time
2026-03-27 S Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute
2026-03-09 S Senate Read and Referred
2026-03-06 H House Passed/Adopted By Substitute
2026-03-06 H House Third Readers
2026-03-06 H House Withdrawn, Recommitted
2026-03-04 H House Postponed
2026-03-03 H House Postponed
2026-03-03 H House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute
2026-03-03 H House Withdrawn, Recommitted
2026-02-25 H House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute
2026-02-03 H House Second Readers
2026-02-02 H House First Readers
2026-01-29 H House Hopper

Votes

2026-03-06 Passage: House Vote #677 Yea: 98 Nay: 68
2026-03-31 Motion To Engross: Hb 52, Hb 248, Hb 963, Hb 964, Hb 1001, Hb 1077, Hb 1116, Hb 1129, Hb 1132, Hb 1209: Senate Vote #876 Yea: 33 Nay: 15
2026-03-31 Passage By Substitute: Senate Vote #881 Yea: 31 Nay: 19
2026-04-02 Agree To Senate Sub As Am: House Vote #848 Yea: 102 Nay: 73
2026-04-02 Agree To House Amendment To Senate Substitute: Senate Vote #974 Yea: 24 Nay: 28

Committee Referrals

2026-02-02 H Ways and Means
2026-03-09 S Finance

Amendments

2026-04-02 Floor Amendment

Bill Text Versions

2026-01-30 Introduced
2026-02-25 Comm Sub
2026-03-03 Comm Sub
2026-03-06 Comm Sub
2026-03-06 Comm Sub
2026-03-26 Comm Sub

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