---
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).