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type: "Bill"
title: "City of Cartersville; ad valorem taxes for educational purposes; increase the amount"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act to provide a homestead exemption from certain City of Cartersville ad valorem taxes for educational purposes in the amount of $28,000.00 of the assessed value of the homestead for each resident of the city who is 65 years of age or older or totally disabled, approved March 29, 1995 (Ga. L. 1995, p. 3950), so as to increase the amount of such exemption; to provide a sunset date; to provide for related matters; to provide for a referendum and contingent effective date; to provide for applicability; to provide for compliance with constitutional requirements; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2019_20"
identifier: "SB 490"
citation: "Georgia SB 490 (2019_20)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bruce Thompson", "Chuck Hufstetler"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 13
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2020-03-03"
last_action: "2020-06-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/39e70712-e223-46c8-993b-c9bb9a7a485a"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "5911bb83b4f0133dadd197168968324363f5fb08c4c393e9aa0c05920ab8209d"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ga"]
---
# Georgia SB 490 (2019_20) — City of Cartersville; ad valorem taxes for educational purposes; increase the amount
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act to provide a homestead exemption from certain City of Cartersville ad valorem taxes for educational purposes in the amount of $28,000.00 of the assessed value of the homestead for each resident of the city who is 65 years of age or older or totally disabled, approved March 29, 1995 (Ga. L. 1995, p. 3950), so as to increase the amount of such exemption; to provide a sunset date; to provide for related matters; to provide for a referendum and contingent effective date; to provide for applicability; to provide for compliance with constitutional requirements; 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 28 9572** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/191942.pdf)
2. **As passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/192549.pdf)
3. **SB490 ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/191947.pdf)
4. **SB490/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/194248.pdf)
## Votes
- LOCAL CONSENT CALENDAR — **511** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Bruce Thompson — primary (person)
- Chuck Hufstetler — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2020-03-03** Senate Hopper
- **2020-03-04** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-09** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-09** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2020-03-10** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2020-03-12** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2020-06-19** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-06-19** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2020-06-19** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2020-06-25** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2020-06-29** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2020-06-29** Act 367 `executive-signature`
- **2020-06-29** Effective Date
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/39e70712-e223-46c8-993b-c9bb9a7a485a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).