republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2015-16/sb-340.md

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Bill	Decatur, City of; provide for homestead exemption; municipal purposes	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act providing an additional $2,000.00 homestead exemption from City of Decatur ad valorem taxes for certain residents of said city, approved March 27, 1985 (Ga. L. 1985, p. 4140), as amended, particularly by an Act approved March 25, 1986 (Ga. L. 1986, p. 4475), and by an Act approved April 13, 2001 (Ga. L. 2001, p. 4259); to provide for applicability; to provide for a referendum, effective dates, and automatic repeal; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2015_16	SB 340	Georgia SB 340 (2015_16)	bill		enacted	Elena Parent	4	13	1	2016-02-04	2016-04-26	openstates	ocd-bill/df85beb5-b555-42cf-b8a3-9f6218be99d9	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	23893245e1b5e2be7f2ffaeedb8b85694a06e337430e3dc4498625ea3bc0a1dd	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia SB 340 (2015_16) — Decatur, City of; provide for homestead exemption; municipal purposes

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act providing an additional $2,000.00 homestead exemption from City of Decatur ad valorem taxes for certain residents of said city, approved March 27, 1985 (Ga. L. 1985, p. 4140), as amended, particularly by an Act approved March 25, 1986 (Ga. L. 1986, p. 4475), and by an Act approved April 13, 2001 (Ga. L. 2001, p. 4259); 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.

1. As introduced LC 43 0235 (committee substitute) — source
2. As passed Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. SB 340 ad (committee substitute) — source
4. SB 340/AP* (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• LOCAL CONSENT CALENDAR — 51–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Elena Parent — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2016-02-04 Senate Hopper
• 2016-02-08 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2016-02-11 Senate Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2016-02-11 Senate Passed/Adopted passage
• 2016-02-16 House First Readers reading-1
• 2016-02-17 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2016-03-08 House Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2016-03-08 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2016-03-08 House Passed/Adopted passage
• 2016-03-29 Senate Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2016-04-26 Senate Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2016-04-26 Act 383 executive-signature
• 2016-04-26 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/df85beb5-b555-42cf-b8a3-9f6218be99d9. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).