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+type: "Bill"
+title: "City of Atlanta; independent school district ad valorem for educational purposes; provide homestead exemption"
+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 $50,000.00 of the assessed value of the homestead for residents of that city who are 65 years of age or older with an aggregate maximum of $487,804,878.00; 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: "2025_26"
+identifier: "SB 330"
+citation: "Georgia SB 330 (2025_26)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Jason Esteves", "Josh McLaurin", "RaShaun Kemp", "Sally Harrell", "Sonya Halpern"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 13
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2025-03-11"
+last_action: "2025-05-14"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0698fb33-e354-4add-b626-6e9b39b7f20c"
+source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
+source_hash: "939cab70a448ab5e2885949e8abdccc9a328b0f4d1e405b86d017c2d5066dffb"
+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 330 (2025_26) — City of Atlanta; independent school district ad valorem for educational purposes; provide homestead exemption
+
+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 $50,000.00 of the assessed value of the homestead for residents of that city who are 65 years of age or older with an aggregate maximum of $487,804,878.00; 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 Passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/236647.pdf)
+2. **As introduced LC 44 3056** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/235866.pdf)
+3. **Committee sub LC 44 3161S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/236577.pdf)
+4. **SB 330 Local Ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/235867.pdf)
+5. **SB 330/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/239543.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- House Vote #437 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **150–7** (pass) · lower
+- Senate Vote #250 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **51–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Jason Esteves — primary (person)
+- Josh McLaurin — primary (person)
+- RaShaun Kemp — primary (person)
+- Sally Harrell — primary (person)
+- Sonya Halpern — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-03-11** Senate Hopper `introduction`
+- **2025-03-13** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
+- **2025-03-20** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-03-20** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
+- **2025-03-21** House First Readers `reading-1`
+- **2025-03-25** House Second Readers `reading-2`
+- **2025-04-04** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-04-04** House Third Readers `reading-3`
+- **2025-04-04** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
+- **2025-04-10** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2025-05-14** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2025-05-14** Act 358 `executive-signature`
+- **2025-05-14** Effective Date
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0698fb33-e354-4add-b626-6e9b39b7f20c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
+