republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2023-24/sb-388.md

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Bill	Cherokee County School District; full value exemption for senior and disabled residents; provide	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act providing a homestead exemption from Cherokee County School District ad valorem taxes for educational purposes for the full value of the homestead for certain residents of that school district who have annual incomes not exceeding $16,000.00 and who are 62 years of age or over, approved March 10, 1988 (Ga. L. 1988, p. 3677), as amended, so as to provide for a full value exemption for senior and disabled residents; to provide for a residency requirement and grandfathering of certain residents; to provide for compliance with constitutional requirements; to provide for a referendum, effective dates, 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 388	Georgia SB 388 (2023_24)	bill		enacted	Brandon Beach John Albers Kay Kirkpatrick	5	15	3	2024-01-24	2024-02-19	openstates	ocd-bill/2df6a539-52ad-4e59-8404-8ebbfff4b511	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	a479e2d8f5e8eb0107fb3dd4a88bb47376953458d594924f17a3672deca460a2	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia SB 388 (2023_24) — Cherokee County School District; full value exemption for senior and disabled residents; provide

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act providing a homestead exemption from Cherokee County School District ad valorem taxes for educational purposes for the full value of the homestead for certain residents of that school district who have annual incomes not exceeding $16,000.00 and who are 62 years of age or over, approved March 10, 1988 (Ga. L. 1988, p. 3677), as amended, so as to provide for a full value exemption for senior and disabled residents; to provide for a residency requirement and grandfathering of certain residents; to provide for compliance with constitutional requirements; to provide for a referendum, effective dates, 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 44 2575 (committee substitute) — source
2. As passed Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. LC 44 2704S/hss (committee substitute) — source
4. SB 388 ad (committee substitute) — source
5. SB 388/AP* (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Senate Vote #474 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — 45–0 (pass) · upper
• House Vote #482 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — 166–0 (pass) · lower
• Senate Vote #507 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — 47–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Brandon Beach — primary (person)
• John Albers — primary (person)
• Kay Kirkpatrick — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-01-24 Senate Hopper introduction
• 2024-01-25 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2024-02-07 Senate Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-02-07 Senate Passed/Adopted passage
• 2024-02-08 House First Readers reading-1
• 2024-02-09 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2024-02-15 House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-02-15 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2024-02-15 House Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2024-02-15 House Immediately Transmitted to Senate
• 2024-02-16 Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
• 2024-02-16 Senate Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2024-02-19 Senate Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2024-02-19 Act 359 executive-signature
• 2024-02-19 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/2df6a539-52ad-4e59-8404-8ebbfff4b511. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).