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+type: "Bill"
+title: "City of Cartersville; independent school district ad valorem taxes for educational purposes; provide a homestead exemption"
+description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide a homestead exemption from City of Cartersville independent school district ad valorem taxes for educational purposes in an amount equal to the amount by which the current year assessed value of a homestead exceeds the adjusted base year assessed value of such homestead; 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 77"
+citation: "Georgia SB 77 (2025_26)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Chuck Hufstetler", "Ed Setzler"]
+version_count: 8
+action_count: 15
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2025-02-03"
+last_action: "2025-05-09"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d779ed37-0bf9-4e4b-8fa3-3cfe8e66d526"
+source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
+source_hash: "2d415044c8e9853788fb926370feb40ba0654020c1b83664210e0c699956f194"
+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 77 (2025_26) — City of Cartersville; independent school district ad valorem taxes for educational purposes; provide a homestead exemption
+
+A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide a homestead exemption from City of Cartersville independent school district ad valorem taxes for educational purposes in an amount equal to the amount by which the current year assessed value of a homestead exceeds the adjusted base year assessed value of such homestead; 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/20252026/232840.pdf)
+2. **As introduced LC 44 2924** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/230991.pdf)
+3. **Committee sub LC 44 3022S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/232813.pdf)
+4. **LC 44 3122S/hss** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/234957.pdf)
+5. **SB 77 Local Ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/231018.pdf)
+6. **SB 77/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/237937.pdf)
+7. **Sen Floor Amend 1 AM 44 0211** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/235850.pdf)
+8. **Sen Floor Amend 2 AM 44 0214** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/236788.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Senate Vote #62 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **51–0** (pass) · upper
+- House Vote #148 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **172–0** (pass) · lower
+- Senate Vote #274 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **55–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Chuck Hufstetler — primary (person)
+- Ed Setzler — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-02-03** Senate Hopper `introduction`
+- **2025-02-04** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
+- **2025-02-19** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-02-19** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
+- **2025-02-20** House First Readers `reading-1`
+- **2025-02-21** House Second Readers `reading-2`
+- **2025-03-04** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-03-04** House Third Readers `reading-3`
+- **2025-03-04** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
+- **2025-03-21** Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub As Amended
+- **2025-03-27** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
+- **2025-04-07** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2025-05-09** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2025-05-09** Act 107 `executive-signature`
+- **2025-05-09** Effective Date
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d779ed37-0bf9-4e4b-8fa3-3cfe8e66d526`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
+