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type: "Bill"
title: "Early County; school district ad valorem taxes; educational purposes; provide homestead exemption"
description: "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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2021_22"
identifier: "SB 305"
citation: "Georgia SB 305 (2021_22)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dean Burke"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 16
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-03-18"
last_action: "2021-05-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8f5f7aa9-c0c7-4162-bf07-39a6f81e369f"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "54c430a55ec668c81797974947440545423a5fa612ff6669fa062267865035c0"
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 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](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/200824.pdf)
2. **As passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/201455.pdf)
3. **LC 47 1107S/hss** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/202316.pdf)
4. **SB 305 ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/200826.pdf)
5. **SB 305/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/202386.pdf)
## 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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8f5f7aa9-c0c7-4162-bf07-39a6f81e369f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).