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GA HB1468

Bill

Status

Introduced

2/25/2026

Primary Sponsor

Jasmine Clark

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Origin

House of Representatives

2025-2026 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Creates the Georgia Property Tax Fairness Fund in the state treasury, funded by insurance premium tax collections and sales/use taxes from high-technology data centers, to provide income tax credits to qualifying homeowners and tenants

  • Provides income tax credits to homeowners with federal adjusted gross income below $120,000 (joint filers) or $60,000 (single filers) whose property taxes and homeowners insurance exceed 5% of income, and to tenants whose rent exceeds 33% of income

  • Requires sales and use taxes collected from data centers to first reduce ad valorem property tax bills for homesteads in that taxing jurisdiction, with credits capped at $2,500 for homes with fair market value not exceeding $500,000

  • Repeals existing sales and use tax exemptions for new high-technology data centers and eliminates insurance premium tax credits and abatements for insurance companies

  • Becomes effective January 1, 2027, contingent on voter ratification of a constitutional amendment at the November 2026 general election; automatically repealed if the amendment fails

Legislative Description

Georgia Property Tax Fairness Fund; create

Last Action

House Second Readers

3/3/2026

Committee Referrals

Budget and Fiscal Affairs Oversight2/26/2026

Full Bill Text

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