republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2023-24/sb-302.md

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Bill	Early County School District; ad valorem taxes for educational purposes; extend the expiration date	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act providing a homestead exemption from Early County school district ad valorem taxes for educational purposes in the amount of $150,000.00 of the assessed value of the homestead for five years for residents of that school district who are 70 years of age or older, approved May 10, 2021 (Ga. L. 2021, p. 4267), as amended, so as to extend the expiration date of the exemption; to provide for a referendum, effective dates, and automatic repeal, mandatory execution of election, and judicial remedies regarding failure to comply; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2023_24	SB 302	Georgia SB 302 (2023_24)	bill		enacted	Freddie Powell Sims	4	13	2	2023-03-13	2023-05-03	openstates	ocd-bill/b5e429fc-c3a1-4f6b-b55d-812902097819	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	ca07188d6b84f2995907eeb480298686358bc9d729b9c506f51d9c83ffd40efc	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia SB 302 (2023_24) — Early County School District; ad valorem taxes for educational purposes; extend the expiration date

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act providing a homestead exemption from Early County school district ad valorem taxes for educational purposes in the amount of $150,000.00 of the assessed value of the homestead for five years for residents of that school district who are 70 years of age or older, approved May 10, 2021 (Ga. L. 2021, p. 4267), as amended, so as to extend the expiration date of the exemption; to provide for a referendum, effective dates, and automatic repeal, mandatory execution of election, and judicial remedies regarding failure to comply; 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 2416 (committee substitute) — source
2. As passed Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. SB 302 ad (committee substitute) — source
4. SB 302/AP* (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• House Vote #297 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — 163–0 (pass) · lower
• Senate Vote #239 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — 50–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Freddie Powell Sims — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-03-13 Senate Hopper introduction
• 2023-03-14 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2023-03-16 Senate Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-03-16 Senate Passed/Adopted passage
• 2023-03-20 House First Readers reading-1
• 2023-03-21 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2023-03-27 House Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-03-27 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2023-03-27 House Passed/Adopted passage
• 2023-04-05 Senate Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2023-05-03 Senate Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2023-05-03 Act 330 executive-signature
• 2023-05-03 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/b5e429fc-c3a1-4f6b-b55d-812902097819. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).