republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2021-22/sb-292.md

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Bill	City of Decatur; independent school district ad valorem taxes for educational purposes; provide homestead exemption	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 amount of $200,000.00 of the assessed value of the homestead for residents of that school district who are between 65 and 69 years of age and whose income does not exceed $53,000.00; to provide a homestead exemption from City of Decatur independent school district ad valorem taxes for educational purposes for five years in the amount of $200,000.00 of the assessed value of the homestead for residents of that school district who are 70 years of age or older regardless of income; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2021_22	SB 292	Georgia SB 292 (2021_22)	bill		enacted	Elena Parent	5	14	1	2021-03-11	2021-05-03	openstates	ocd-bill/67f48cdf-8c01-45f5-aa3e-6bfca6fd3fb8	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	498e9dd1e44c172ab657030f9623b1be6dac2d655616db63b468fdbbe6e19d37	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia SB 292 (2021_22) — City of Decatur; independent school district ad valorem taxes for educational purposes; provide homestead exemption

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 amount of $200,000.00 of the assessed value of the homestead for residents of that school district who are between 65 and 69 years of age and whose income does not exceed $53,000.00; to provide a homestead exemption from City of Decatur independent school district ad valorem taxes for educational purposes for five years in the amount of $200,000.00 of the assessed value of the homestead for residents of that school district who are 70 years of age or older regardless of income; 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 47 0760 (committee substitute) — source
2. As passed Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. LC 47 1109S/hss (committee substitute) — source
4. SB 292 ad (committee substitute) — source
5. SB 292/AP* (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• LOCAL CONSENT CALENDAR — 47–1 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Elena Parent — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-03-11 Senate Hopper
• 2021-03-15 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2021-03-18 Senate Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-03-18 Senate Passed/Adopted passage
• 2021-03-22 House First Readers reading-1
• 2021-03-23 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2021-03-31 House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-03-31 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2021-03-31 House Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2021-03-31 Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
• 2021-04-07 Senate Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2021-05-03 Senate Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2021-05-03 Act 154 executive-signature
• 2021-05-03 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/67f48cdf-8c01-45f5-aa3e-6bfca6fd3fb8. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).