---
type: "Bill"
title: "City of Hampton; ad valorem taxes for municipal purposes; homestead exemption; provide"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide a homestead exemption from the City of Hampton ad valorem taxes for municipal purposes in the amount of $25,000.00 of the assessed value of the homestead for residents of that city who are 62 years of age or older and under 68 years of age; 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 repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2023_24"
identifier: "SB 306"
citation: "Georgia SB 306 (2023_24)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brian Strickland", "Emanuel Jones"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-03-15"
last_action: "2023-05-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ff60bfbb-e936-4a33-84bf-4bd1f41e70f9"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "c4c97b51a398865919de54ad70c9284961999d7285360f24339e1ebab522803d"
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 306 (2023_24) — City of Hampton; ad valorem taxes for municipal purposes; homestead exemption; provide

A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide a homestead exemption from the City of Hampton ad valorem taxes for municipal purposes in the amount of $25,000.00 of the assessed value of the homestead for residents of that city who are 62 years of age or older and under 68 years of age; 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 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 46 0639** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/218069.pdf)
2. **As passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/218807.pdf)
3. **SB 306 ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/218109.pdf)
4. **SB 306/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/220101.pdf)

## Votes

- House Vote #336 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **163–2** (pass) · lower
- Senate Vote #253 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **54–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Brian Strickland — primary (person)
- Emanuel Jones — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-03-15** Senate Hopper `introduction`
- **2023-03-16** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-21** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-21** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2023-03-23** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2023-03-27** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2023-03-29** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-29** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2023-03-29** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2023-04-05** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-01** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-01** Act 136 `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-01** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ff60bfbb-e936-4a33-84bf-4bd1f41e70f9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).