---
type: "Bill"
title: "Dade County; school district ad valorem taxes; homestead exemption"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide a homestead exemption from Dade County 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 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 336"
citation: "Georgia SB 336 (2025_26)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Colton Moore"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 17
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2025-03-13"
last_action: "2025-05-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d60d69c6-f062-4b56-9c98-02ab84fd910e"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "1d16584db3de6164610b315568b654cd5fa47b040885d6d1e97016bb04a66c29"
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 336 (2025_26) — Dade County; school district ad valorem taxes; homestead exemption

A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide a homestead exemption from Dade County 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 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/20252026/236654.pdf)
2. **As introduced LC 62 0164** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/236022.pdf)
3. **SB 336 Local Ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/236024.pdf)
4. **SB 336/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/239556.pdf)

## Votes

- House Vote #436 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **147–2** (pass) · lower
- House Vote #434 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **112–59** (pass) · lower
- Senate Vote #250 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **51–0** (pass) · upper
- House Vote #435 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **135–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Colton Moore — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-03-13** Senate Hopper `introduction`
- **2025-03-13** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-20** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-20** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2025-03-21** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2025-03-25** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2025-04-02** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-02** House Withdrawn, Recommitted `referral-committee, withdrawal`
- **2025-04-04** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-04** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2025-04-04** House Third Reading Lost `failure, reading-3`
- **2025-04-04** House Reconsidered
- **2025-04-04** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2025-04-10** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-09** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-09** Act 111 `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/d60d69c6-f062-4b56-9c98-02ab84fd910e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).