republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2023-24/sb-439.md

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Bill	City of Atlanta; independent school district ad valorem taxes for educational purposes; provide	A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide a homestead exemption from City of Atlanta independent school district ad valorem taxes for educational purposes in the amount of $100,000.00 of the assessed value of the homestead for residents of that city who are 65 years of age or older and whose income does not exceed $100,000.00; 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, automatic repeal, mandatory execution of election, and judicial remedies regarding failure to comply; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2023_24	SB 439	Georgia SB 439 (2023_24)	bill		enacted	Elena Parent Gail Davenport Jason Esteves Josh McLaurin Nan Orrock Sonya Halpern	4	13	2	2024-01-31	2024-05-06	openstates	ocd-bill/c5097e58-8adc-47bd-9d44-72daa366350a	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	3c2629bb7ad32ac52c2c90be4792a695db563225b32b207357174da542cafb38	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia SB 439 (2023_24) — City of Atlanta; independent school district ad valorem taxes for educational purposes; provide

A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide a homestead exemption from City of Atlanta independent school district ad valorem taxes for educational purposes in the amount of $100,000.00 of the assessed value of the homestead for residents of that city who are 65 years of age or older and whose income does not exceed $100,000.00; 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, automatic repeal, mandatory execution of election, and judicial remedies regarding failure to comply; to provide for related matters; 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 2540 (committee substitute) — source
2. As passed Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. SB 439 Local Ad (committee substitute) — source
4. SB 439/AP* (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Senate Vote #491 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — 45–0 (pass) · upper
• House Vote #537 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — 169–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Elena Parent — primary (person)
• Gail Davenport — primary (person)
• Jason Esteves — primary (person)
• Josh McLaurin — primary (person)
• Nan Orrock — primary (person)
• Sonya Halpern — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-01-31 Senate Hopper introduction
• 2024-02-01 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2024-02-13 Senate Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-02-13 Senate Passed/Adopted passage
• 2024-02-15 House First Readers reading-1
• 2024-02-16 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2024-02-26 House Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-02-26 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2024-02-26 House Passed/Adopted passage
• 2024-04-02 Senate Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2024-05-06 Senate Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2024-05-06 Act 624 executive-signature
• 2024-05-06 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/c5097e58-8adc-47bd-9d44-72daa366350a. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).