republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2015-16/sb-343.md

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Bill	Decatur, City of; provide for homestead exemption; independent school district; educational purposes	A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide a homestead exemption from City of Decatur independent school district ad valorem taxes for educational purposes for five years in the full amount of the assessed value of the homestead for residents of that school district who are 65 years of age or older; 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 a referendum, effective dates, and automatic repeal; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2015_16	SB 343	Georgia SB 343 (2015_16)	bill		enacted	Elena Parent	4	18	1	2016-02-04	2016-04-26	openstates	ocd-bill/c79dfb0f-8ae5-47a4-b0e9-76cd55efc024	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	d6628f0858bf361ef4fd603536f14d546f917f82b6c578f03f725efe179039ec	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia SB 343 (2015_16) — Decatur, City of; provide for homestead exemption; independent school district; educational purposes

A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide a homestead exemption from City of Decatur independent school district ad valorem taxes for educational purposes for five years in the full amount of the assessed value of the homestead for residents of that school district who are 65 years of age or older; 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 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 0275 (committee substitute) — source
2. As passed Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. SB 343 ad (committee substitute) — source
4. SB 343/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 Postponed
• 2016-03-10 House Postponed
• 2016-03-11 House Postponed
• 2016-03-14 House Postponed
• 2016-03-15 House Postponed
• 2016-03-16 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2016-03-16 House Passed/Adopted passage
• 2016-03-30 Senate Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2016-04-26 Senate Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2016-04-26 Act 386 executive-signature
• 2016-04-26 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/c79dfb0f-8ae5-47a4-b0e9-76cd55efc024. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).