republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2021-22/sb-305.md

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Bill	Early County; school district ad valorem taxes; educational purposes; provide homestead exemption	A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide a homestead exemption from Early County school district ad valorem taxes for educational purposes for the full amount of the assessed value of the homestead for residents of that school district who are 70 years of age or older and whose income, excluding certain retirement income, does not exceed $69,680.00; 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, and automatic repeal; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2021_22	SB 305	Georgia SB 305 (2021_22)	bill		enacted	Dean Burke	5	16	1	2021-03-18	2021-05-10	openstates	ocd-bill/8f5f7aa9-c0c7-4162-bf07-39a6f81e369f	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	54c430a55ec668c81797974947440545423a5fa612ff6669fa062267865035c0	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia SB 305 (2021_22) — Early County; school district ad valorem taxes; educational purposes; provide homestead exemption

A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide a homestead exemption from Early County school district ad valorem taxes for educational purposes for the full amount of the assessed value of the homestead for residents of that school district who are 70 years of age or older and whose income, excluding certain retirement income, does not exceed $69,680.00; 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, 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 47 0943 (committee substitute) — source
2. As passed Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. LC 47 1107S/hss (committee substitute) — source
4. SB 305 ad (committee substitute) — source
5. SB 305/AP* (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• LOCAL CONSENT CALENDAR — 48–1 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Dean Burke — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-03-18 Senate Hopper
• 2021-03-22 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2021-03-25 Senate Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-03-25 Senate Passed/Adopted passage
• 2021-03-25 House First Readers reading-1
• 2021-03-29 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2021-03-31 House Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-03-31 House Withdrawn, Recommitted referral-committee, withdrawal
• 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
• 2021-05-10 Senate Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2021-05-10 Act 283 executive-signature
• 2021-05-10 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/8f5f7aa9-c0c7-4162-bf07-39a6f81e369f. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).