---
type: "Bill"
title: "City of Atlanta; independent school district ad valorem for educational purposes; provide homestead exemption"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide a homestead exemption from City of Atlanta independent school district ad valorem taxes for educational purposes in the amount of $50,000.00 of the assessed value of the homestead for residents of that city who are 65 years of age or older with an aggregate maximum of $487,804,878.00; 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 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 330"
citation: "Georgia SB 330 (2025_26)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jason Esteves", "Josh McLaurin", "RaShaun Kemp", "Sally Harrell", "Sonya Halpern"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-03-11"
last_action: "2025-05-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0698fb33-e354-4add-b626-6e9b39b7f20c"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "939cab70a448ab5e2885949e8abdccc9a328b0f4d1e405b86d017c2d5066dffb"
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 330 (2025_26) — City of Atlanta; independent school district ad valorem for educational purposes; provide homestead exemption

A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide a homestead exemption from City of Atlanta independent school district ad valorem taxes for educational purposes in the amount of $50,000.00 of the assessed value of the homestead for residents of that city who are 65 years of age or older with an aggregate maximum of $487,804,878.00; 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 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/20252026/236647.pdf)
2. **As introduced LC 44 3056** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/235866.pdf)
3. **Committee sub LC 44 3161S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/236577.pdf)
4. **SB 330 Local Ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/235867.pdf)
5. **SB 330/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/239543.pdf)

## Votes

- House Vote #437 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **150–7** (pass) · lower
- Senate Vote #250 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **51–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Jason Esteves — primary (person)
- Josh McLaurin — primary (person)
- RaShaun Kemp — primary (person)
- Sally Harrell — primary (person)
- Sonya Halpern — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-03-11** Senate Hopper `introduction`
- **2025-03-13** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-20** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-20** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2025-03-21** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2025-03-25** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2025-04-04** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-04** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2025-04-04** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2025-04-10** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-14** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-14** Act 358 `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-14** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0698fb33-e354-4add-b626-6e9b39b7f20c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).