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GA HB 1116

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Homeownership Opportunity and Market Equalization Act of 2026; enact

Georgia · 2025_26 · lower

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Quick answers

Did GA HB 1116 pass?

No. GA HB 1116 was withdrawn and is no longer under consideration. Latest recorded action (2026-04-02): House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub As Amended

What is GA HB 1116 about?

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.

Who sponsors GA HB 1116?

Shaw Blackmon, Jon Burns, Chuck Efstration and 3 others are the primary sponsors of GA HB 1116.

Description

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.

Introduced
2026-01-29
Latest action
2026-04-02 — House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub As Amended
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • Shaw Blackmonprimary
  • Jon Burnsprimary
  • Chuck Efstrationprimary
  • Matt Hatchettprimary
  • Chas Cannonprimary
  • Charles Martinprimary

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

Newest first

  1. 2026-04-02

    House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub As Amended

  2. 2026-03-31

    Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute

    passage

  3. 2026-03-31

    Senate Third Read

    reading-3

  4. 2026-03-31

    Senate Engrossed

    passage

  5. 2026-03-27

    Senate Read Second Time

    reading-2

  6. 2026-03-27

    Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute

    committee-passage-favorable

  7. 2026-03-09

    Senate Read and Referred

    referral-committee

  8. 2026-03-06

    House Passed/Adopted By Substitute

    passage

  9. 2026-03-06

    House Third Readers

    reading-3

  10. 2026-03-06

    House Withdrawn, Recommitted

    referral-committee,withdrawal

  11. 2026-03-04

    House Postponed

  12. 2026-03-03

    House Postponed

  13. 2026-03-03

    House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute

    committee-passage-favorable

  14. 2026-03-03

    House Withdrawn, Recommitted

    referral-committee,withdrawal

  15. 2026-02-25

    House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute

    committee-passage-favorable

  16. 2026-02-03

    House Second Readers

    reading-2

  17. 2026-02-02

    House First Readers

    reading-1

  18. 2026-01-29

    House Hopper

    introduction

Versions

Documents

Votes

  • House Vote #677 - 2025-2026 Regular Session

    2026-03-06 · pass · 98-68

    Member-level votes (162)
    • ADESANYA: no
    • ADEYINA: no
    • ALEXANDER: no
    • ALI: no
    • ANDERSON: yes
    • AU: no
    • BAKER: no
    • BALLARD: yes
    • BARNES: no
    • BARRETT: yes
    • BARTON: yes
    • BAZEMORE: no
    • BECKLES: no
    • BELL: other
    • BERRY: no
    • BLACKMON: yes
    • BONNER: yes
    • BUCKNER: no
    • BURCHETT: yes
    • BURNOUGH: no
    • BURNS: other
    • BYRD: yes
    • CAMERON: yes
    • CAMP: yes
    • CAMPBELL: no
    • CANNON: no
    • CARPENTER: yes
    • CARSON: yes
    • CARTER: no
    • CHASTAIN: yes
    • CHEOKAS: yes
    • CLARK: yes
    • CLIFTON: yes
    • COOPER: yes
    • CORBETT: yes
    • COX: yes
    • CRAWFORD: no
    • CROWE: yes
    • CUMMINGS: no
    • DAVIS: no
    • DAWSON: yes
    • DELOACH: yes
    • DEMPSEY: yes
    • DICKEY: yes
    • DONATUCCI: yes
    • DOUGLAS: no
    • DRAPER: no
    • DRENNER: no
    • DUBNIK: yes
    • DUNAHOO: yes
    • EFSTRATION: yes
    • EHRHART: yes
    • ERWIN: yes
    • EVANS: no
    • FINCHER: yes
    • FLEMING: yes
    • FLOURNOY: no
    • FORD: yes
    • FRANKLIN: yes
    • FRYE: no
    • GAINES: yes
    • GAMBILL: yes
    • GILLIARD: no
    • GISLER: no
    • GLAIZE: no
    • GREENE: yes
    • GRIFFIN: no
    • GULLETT: yes
    • GUNTER: yes
    • HAGAN: yes
    • HATCHETT: yes
    • HAWKINS: yes
    • HERRING: yes
    • HILTON: yes
    • HITCHENS: other
    • HOLCOMB: no
    • HOLLAND: no
    • HOLLY: no
    • HONG: yes
    • HORNER: yes
    • HOWARD: yes
    • HUDDLESTON: yes
    • HUGLEY: no
    • JACKSON: no
    • JASPERSE: yes
    • JENKINS: yes
    • JONES: yes
    • KAHAIAN: yes
    • KELLEY: yes
    • KENDRICK: no
    • LAHOOD: yes
    • LEVERETT: yes
    • LEWIS-WARD: no
    • LIM: no
    • LUMSDEN: yes
    • LUPTON: no
    • MARTIN: yes
    • MARTINEZ: yes
    • MATHIAK: yes
    • MATHIS: yes
    • MCCLAIN: no
    • MCCOLLUM: yes
    • MCDONALD III: yes
    • MCQUEEN: no
    • MEEKS: yes
    • MILLER: no
    • MITCHELL: no
    • MOMTAHAN: yes
    • MOORE: no
    • MYLES: other
    • NEAL: no
    • NEW: yes
    • NEWTON: yes
    • OKOYE: no
    • OLALEYE: no
    • OLIVER: other
    • O'STEEN: other
    • PANITCH: no
    • PARIS: no
    • PARK: no
    • PARRISH: yes
    • PARSONS: yes
    • PERSINGER: yes
    • PETREA: other
    • POWELL: yes
    • PRINCE: no
    • REESE: other
    • REEVES: yes
    • RHODES: yes
    • RICE: yes
    • RICHARDSON: yes
    • RIDLEY: yes
    • ROBERTS: no
    • ROMMAN: no
    • SAINZ: yes
    • SAMPSON: no
    • SANCHEZ: no
    • SANTOS: no
    • SCHOFIELD: no
    • SCOGGINS: yes
    • SCOTT: no
    • SEABAUGH: yes
    • SHARPER: other
    • SILCOX: yes
    • SMITH: yes
    • STEPHENS: yes
    • STINSON: no
    • TARVIN: yes
    • TAYLOR: no
    • THOMAS: yes
    • TOWNSEND: yes
    • TRAN: no
    • WADE: yes
    • WASHBURN: other
    • WERKHEISER: yes
    • WESTBROOK: no
    • WILKERSON: no
    • WILLIAMS: other
    • WILLIAMS, JR.: yes
    • WILLIAMSON: yes
    • WILLIS: no
    • YEARTA: yes

  • Senate Vote #881 - 2025-2026 Regular Session

    2026-03-31 · pass · 31-19

    Member-level votes (52)
    • ALBERS: yes
    • ANAVITARTE: yes
    • ANDERSON: yes
    • BEARDEN: yes
    • BRASS: yes
    • BURNS: yes
    • COWSERT: yes
    • DAVENPORT: no
    • DICKERSON: yes
    • DIXON: yes
    • DOLEZAL: yes
    • ECHOLS: yes
    • GINN: yes
    • GOOCH: yes
    • GOODMAN: other
    • HALPERN: no
    • HARBIN: yes
    • HARBISON: no
    • HARRELL: no
    • HATCHETT: yes
    • HICKMAN: yes
    • HODGES: yes
    • HOWARD: no
    • HUFSTETLER: yes
    • JACKSON: no
    • JAMES: other
    • JONES: no
    • JONES II: no
    • KEMP: no
    • KIRKPATRICK: yes
    • LUCAS: no
    • MALLOW: no
    • MANGHAM: no
    • MCLAURIN: no
    • MCNEEL: yes
    • MERRITT: no
    • ORROCK: no
    • PARENT: no
    • PAYNE: yes
    • RAHMAN: other
    • RHETT: no
    • ROBERTSON: yes
    • SETZLER: yes
    • SIMS: other
    • STILL: yes
    • STRICKLAND: yes
    • SUMMERS: yes
    • TILLERY: yes
    • WALKER, III: yes
    • WATSON: yes
    • WICKS: no
    • WILLIAMS: yes

  • Senate Vote #876 - 2025-2026 Regular Session

    2026-03-31 · pass · 33-15

    Member-level votes (52)
    • ALBERS: yes
    • ANAVITARTE: yes
    • ANDERSON: yes
    • BEARDEN: yes
    • BRASS: yes
    • BURNS: yes
    • COWSERT: yes
    • DAVENPORT: no
    • DICKERSON: yes
    • DIXON: yes
    • DOLEZAL: yes
    • ECHOLS: yes
    • GINN: yes
    • GOOCH: yes
    • GOODMAN: yes
    • HALPERN: no
    • HARBIN: yes
    • HARBISON: other
    • HARRELL: no
    • HATCHETT: yes
    • HICKMAN: yes
    • HODGES: yes
    • HOWARD: no
    • HUFSTETLER: yes
    • JACKSON: no
    • JAMES: other
    • JONES: no
    • JONES II: no
    • KEMP: other
    • KIRKPATRICK: yes
    • LUCAS: yes
    • MALLOW: no
    • MANGHAM: no
    • MCLAURIN: no
    • MCNEEL: yes
    • MERRITT: yes
    • ORROCK: no
    • PARENT: no
    • PAYNE: yes
    • RAHMAN: no
    • RHETT: no
    • ROBERTSON: yes
    • SETZLER: yes
    • SIMS: other
    • STILL: yes
    • STRICKLAND: yes
    • SUMMERS: yes
    • TILLERY: yes
    • WALKER, III: other
    • WATSON: yes
    • WICKS: no
    • WILLIAMS: yes

  • Senate Vote #974 - 2025-2026 Regular Session

    2026-04-02 · fail · 24-28

    Member-level votes (52)
    • ALBERS: yes
    • ANAVITARTE: no
    • ANDERSON: yes
    • BEARDEN: no
    • BRASS: other
    • BURNS: yes
    • COWSERT: yes
    • DAVENPORT: no
    • DICKERSON: yes
    • DIXON: yes
    • DOLEZAL: yes
    • ECHOLS: yes
    • GINN: yes
    • GOOCH: yes
    • GOODMAN: no
    • HALPERN: no
    • HARBIN: yes
    • HARBISON: no
    • HARRELL: no
    • HATCHETT: no
    • HICKMAN: yes
    • HODGES: yes
    • HOWARD: no
    • HUFSTETLER: yes
    • JACKSON: no
    • JAMES: no
    • JONES: yes
    • JONES II: no
    • KEMP: no
    • KIRKPATRICK: yes
    • LUCAS: no
    • MALLOW: no
    • MANGHAM: no
    • MCLAURIN: no
    • MCNEEL: yes
    • MERRITT: no
    • ORROCK: no
    • PARENT: no
    • PAYNE: yes
    • RAHMAN: no
    • RHETT: no
    • ROBERTSON: no
    • SETZLER: yes
    • SIMS: other
    • STILL: yes
    • STRICKLAND: yes
    • SUMMERS: no
    • TILLERY: yes
    • WALKER, III: no
    • WATSON: yes
    • WICKS: no
    • WILLIAMS: yes

  • House Vote #848 - 2025-2026 Regular Session

    2026-04-02 · pass · 102-73

    Member-level votes (161)
    • ADESANYA: no
    • ADEYINA: no
    • ALEXANDER: no
    • ALI: no
    • ANDERSON: yes
    • AU: no
    • BAKER: no
    • BALLARD: yes
    • BARNES: no
    • BARRETT: yes
    • BARTON: yes
    • BAZEMORE: no
    • BECKLES: no
    • BELL: no
    • BERRY: no
    • BLACKMON: yes
    • BONNER: yes
    • BUCKNER: no
    • BURCHETT: yes
    • BURNOUGH: no
    • BURNS: other
    • BYRD: yes
    • CAMERON: yes
    • CAMP: yes
    • CAMPBELL: no
    • CANNON: no
    • CARPENTER: yes
    • CARSON: yes
    • CARTER: no
    • CHASTAIN: yes
    • CHEOKAS: yes
    • CLARK: yes
    • CLIFTON: yes
    • COOPER: yes
    • CORBETT: yes
    • COX: yes
    • CRAWFORD: no
    • CROWE: yes
    • CUMMINGS: no
    • DAVIS: no
    • DAWSON: yes
    • DELOACH: yes
    • DEMPSEY: yes
    • DICKEY: yes
    • DONATUCCI: yes
    • DOUGLAS: no
    • DRAPER: no
    • DRENNER: no
    • DUBNIK: yes
    • DUNAHOO: yes
    • EFSTRATION: yes
    • EHRHART: yes
    • ERWIN: yes
    • EVANS: no
    • FINCHER: yes
    • FLEMING: yes
    • FLOURNOY: no
    • FORD: yes
    • FRANKLIN: yes
    • FRYE: no
    • GAINES: yes
    • GAMBILL: yes
    • GILLIARD: no
    • GISLER: no
    • GLAIZE: no
    • GREENE: yes
    • GRIFFIN: no
    • GULLETT: yes
    • GUNTER: yes
    • HAGAN: yes
    • HATCHETT: yes
    • HAWKINS: yes
    • HERRING: yes
    • HILTON: yes
    • HITCHENS: yes
    • HOLCOMB: no
    • HOLLAND: no
    • HOLLY: no
    • HONG: yes
    • HORNER: yes
    • HOWARD: yes
    • HUDDLESTON: yes
    • HUGLEY: no
    • JACKSON: no
    • JASPERSE: yes
    • JENKINS: yes
    • JONES: yes
    • KAHAIAN: yes
    • KELLEY: yes
    • KENDRICK: no
    • LAHOOD: yes
    • LEVERETT: yes
    • LEWIS-WARD: no
    • LIM: no
    • LUMSDEN: yes
    • LUPTON: no
    • MARTIN: yes
    • MARTINEZ: yes
    • MATHIAK: yes
    • MATHIS: yes
    • MCCLAIN: no
    • MCCOLLUM: yes
    • MCDONALD III: yes
    • MCQUEEN: no
    • MEEKS: yes
    • MILLER: no
    • MITCHELL: no
    • MOMTAHAN: yes
    • MOORE: no
    • MYLES: no
    • NEAL: no
    • NEW: yes
    • NEWTON: yes
    • OKOYE: no
    • OLALEYE: no
    • OLIVER: no
    • O'STEEN: yes
    • PANITCH: no
    • PARIS: no
    • PARK: no
    • PARRISH: yes
    • PARSONS: yes
    • PERSINGER: yes
    • PETREA: yes
    • POWELL: yes
    • PRINCE: no
    • REESE: no
    • REEVES: yes
    • RHODES: yes
    • RICE: yes
    • RICHARDSON: yes
    • RIDLEY: yes
    • ROBERTS: no
    • ROMMAN: no
    • SAINZ: yes
    • SAMPSON: no
    • SANCHEZ: no
    • SANTOS: no
    • SCHOFIELD: no
    • SCOGGINS: yes
    • SCOTT: no
    • SEABAUGH: yes
    • SILCOX: yes
    • SMITH: yes
    • STEPHENS: yes
    • STINSON: yes
    • TARVIN: yes
    • TAYLOR: no
    • THOMAS: yes
    • TOWNSEND: yes
    • TRAN: no
    • WADE: yes
    • WASHBURN: yes
    • WERKHEISER: yes
    • WESTBROOK: no
    • WILKERSON: no
    • WILLIAMS: no
    • WILLIAMS, JR.: yes
    • WILLIAMSON: yes
    • WILLIS: no
    • YEARTA: yes

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https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/72644

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