---
type: "Bill"
title: "Ad Valorem; homestead exemption; White County school district; educational purposes"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide a homestead exemption from White County 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 school district who are 70 years of age or older and whose income, excluding certain retirement income, does not exceed $25,000.00; 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 a referendum, effective dates, and automatic repeal; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2013_14"
identifier: "SB 201"
citation: "Georgia SB 201 (2013_14)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Stephen Allison", "Steve Gooch"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 13
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2013-02-22"
last_action: "2013-04-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e0a71bab-7762-47cb-8c5d-9f237cb2be3c"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "0896de720deb7c4765da0785ad1fab217c700f7111832dcf96d2d61cf9a07627"
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 201 (2013_14) — Ad Valorem; homestead exemption; White County school district; educational purposes

A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide a homestead exemption from White County 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 school district who are 70 years of age or older and whose income, excluding certain retirement income, does not exceed $25,000.00; 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 a referendum, effective dates, and automatic repeal; 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 34 3666** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/132021.pdf)
2. **As passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/132988.pdf)
3. **SB 201/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/134710.pdf)
4. **SB201 ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/132996.pdf)

## Votes

- LOCAL CONSENT CALENDAR — **47–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Stephen Allison — primary (person)
- Steve Gooch — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2013-02-22** Senate Hopper
- **2013-02-25** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2013-03-01** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-03-01** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2013-03-04** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2013-03-05** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2013-03-13** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-03-13** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2013-03-13** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2013-04-02** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2013-04-24** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2013-04-24** Act 39 `executive-signature`
- **2013-04-24** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e0a71bab-7762-47cb-8c5d-9f237cb2be3c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).