---
type: "Bill"
title: "Homestead Exemption; Fulton County school district; ad valorem taxes for educational purposes; provide"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide for a homestead exemption from Fulton 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 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 related matters; 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: "2017_18"
identifier: "SB 317"
citation: "Georgia SB 317 (2017_18)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brandon Beach", "David Shafer", "Donzella James", "Fran Millar", "John Albers", "Kay Kirkpatrick"]
version_count: 0
action_count: 18
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2018-01-09"
last_action: "2018-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bcc53a99-aa91-4348-9615-5cc4ae06d24a"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "3f9b12e6cede1b0200742cde601dfb934cd620678a5a47b96a3356ad304af190"
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 317 (2017_18) — Homestead Exemption; Fulton County school district; ad valorem taxes for educational purposes; provide

A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide for a homestead exemption from Fulton 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 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 related matters; 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.


## Votes

- PASSAGE — **36–17** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Brandon Beach — primary (person)
- David Shafer — primary (person)
- Donzella James — primary (person)
- Fran Millar — primary (person)
- John Albers — primary (person)
- Kay Kirkpatrick — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-09** Senate Hopper
- **2018-01-10** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-11** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-01-18** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2018-01-18** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2018-01-19** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2018-01-22** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2018-02-14** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-14** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2018-02-14** House Third Reading Lost `reading-3, failure`
- **2018-02-14** House Notice to Reconsider
- **2018-02-15** House Reconsidered
- **2018-02-28** House Passed/Adopted Reconsidered Bill/Resolution By Substitute
- **2018-03-07** Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
- **2018-04-05** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-05-08** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2018-05-08** Act 485 `executive-signature`
- **2018-05-08** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bcc53a99-aa91-4348-9615-5cc4ae06d24a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).