republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2019-20/sb-490.md

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Bill	City of Cartersville; ad valorem taxes for educational purposes; increase the amount	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act to provide a homestead exemption from certain City of Cartersville ad valorem taxes for educational purposes in the amount of $28,000.00 of the assessed value of the homestead for each resident of the city who is 65 years of age or older or totally disabled, approved March 29, 1995 (Ga. L. 1995, p. 3950), so as to increase the amount of such exemption; to provide a sunset date; to provide for related matters; to provide for a referendum and contingent effective date; to provide for applicability; to provide for compliance with constitutional requirements; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2019_20	SB 490	Georgia SB 490 (2019_20)	bill		enacted	Bruce Thompson Chuck Hufstetler	4	13	1	2020-03-03	2020-06-29	openstates	ocd-bill/39e70712-e223-46c8-993b-c9bb9a7a485a	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	5911bb83b4f0133dadd197168968324363f5fb08c4c393e9aa0c05920ab8209d	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia SB 490 (2019_20) — City of Cartersville; ad valorem taxes for educational purposes; increase the amount

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act to provide a homestead exemption from certain City of Cartersville ad valorem taxes for educational purposes in the amount of $28,000.00 of the assessed value of the homestead for each resident of the city who is 65 years of age or older or totally disabled, approved March 29, 1995 (Ga. L. 1995, p. 3950), so as to increase the amount of such exemption; to provide a sunset date; to provide for related matters; to provide for a referendum and contingent effective date; to provide for applicability; to provide for compliance with constitutional requirements; 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 28 9572 (committee substitute) — source
2. As passed Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. SB490 ad (committee substitute) — source
4. SB490/AP* (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• LOCAL CONSENT CALENDAR — 51–1 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Bruce Thompson — primary (person)
• Chuck Hufstetler — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2020-03-03 Senate Hopper
• 2020-03-04 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2020-03-09 Senate Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2020-03-09 Senate Passed/Adopted passage
• 2020-03-10 House First Readers reading-1
• 2020-03-12 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2020-06-19 House Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2020-06-19 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2020-06-19 House Passed/Adopted passage
• 2020-06-25 Senate Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2020-06-29 Senate Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2020-06-29 Act 367 executive-signature
• 2020-06-29 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/39e70712-e223-46c8-993b-c9bb9a7a485a. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).