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+type: "Bill"
+title: "City of Atlanta; independent school district ad valorem taxes for educational purposes; provide"
+description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide a homestead exemption from City of Atlanta independent school district ad valorem taxes for educational purposes in the amount of $100,000.00 of the assessed value of the homestead for residents of that city who are 65 years of age or older and whose income does not exceed $100,000.00; to provide for definitions; to specify the terms and conditions of the exemption and the procedures relating thereto; to provide for applicability; to provide for compliance with constitutional requirements; to provide for a referendum, effective dates, automatic repeal, mandatory execution of election, and judicial remedies regarding failure to comply; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
+legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
+session: "2023_24"
+identifier: "SB 439"
+citation: "Georgia SB 439 (2023_24)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Elena Parent", "Gail Davenport", "Jason Esteves", "Josh McLaurin", "Nan Orrock", "Sonya Halpern"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 13
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2024-01-31"
+last_action: "2024-05-06"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c5097e58-8adc-47bd-9d44-72daa366350a"
+source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
+source_hash: "3c2629bb7ad32ac52c2c90be4792a695db563225b32b207357174da542cafb38"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ga"]
+---
+
+# Georgia SB 439 (2023_24) — City of Atlanta; independent school district ad valorem taxes for educational purposes; provide
+
+A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide a homestead exemption from City of Atlanta independent school district ad valorem taxes for educational purposes in the amount of $100,000.00 of the assessed value of the homestead for residents of that city who are 65 years of age or older and whose income does not exceed $100,000.00; to provide for definitions; to specify the terms and conditions of the exemption and the procedures relating thereto; to provide for applicability; to provide for compliance with constitutional requirements; to provide for a referendum, effective dates, automatic repeal, mandatory execution of election, and judicial remedies regarding failure to comply; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **As introduced LC 44 2540** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/222551.pdf)
+2. **As passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/223949.pdf)
+3. **SB 439 Local Ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/222553.pdf)
+4. **SB 439/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/225731.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Senate Vote #491 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **45–0** (pass) · upper
+- House Vote #537 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **169–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Elena Parent — primary (person)
+- Gail Davenport — primary (person)
+- Jason Esteves — primary (person)
+- Josh McLaurin — primary (person)
+- Nan Orrock — primary (person)
+- Sonya Halpern — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2024-01-31** Senate Hopper `introduction`
+- **2024-02-01** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
+- **2024-02-13** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2024-02-13** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
+- **2024-02-15** House First Readers `reading-1`
+- **2024-02-16** House Second Readers `reading-2`
+- **2024-02-26** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2024-02-26** House Third Readers `reading-3`
+- **2024-02-26** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
+- **2024-04-02** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2024-05-06** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2024-05-06** Act 624 `executive-signature`
+- **2024-05-06** Effective Date
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c5097e58-8adc-47bd-9d44-72daa366350a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
+