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Committee approves homestead-exemption measure to expand property-tax breaks for disabled veterans and first responders
Summary
A Georgia State Senate committee voted to advance Senate Bill 129, which would convert the current disabled‑veteran homestead cap into a disability‑percentage exemption and create a new homestead exemption for disabled first responders (50% partial, 100% full).
A Georgia State Senate committee voted to advance Senate Bill 129, the "Georgia Supporting Those Who Sacrificed for Service Act," which would change how homestead exemptions apply to disabled veterans and create a new homestead exemption for disabled first responders.
The bill would replace the current fixed cap for fully disabled veterans (noted in committee as a $32,500 maximum assessed‑value exemption) with a percentage-based exemption that matches the veteran's VA disability rating: for example, a veteran rated 25% disabled would receive a 25% exemption of their homestead assessed value. The measure would also create parallel language for first responders: after correcting a drafting error on the substitute, committee members accepted the department—s clarification that…
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