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type: "Bill"
title: "Whitfield County; ad valorem tax for educational purposes; revise homestead exemption"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act providing a homestead exemption from Whitfield County School District ad valorem taxes for educational purposes in the amount of $150,000.00 of the assessed value of the homestead for certain residents of that school district who are 70 years of age or over, approved June 3, 2003 (Ga. L. 2003, p. 4538), so as to revise the exemption amount; to specify the terms and conditions of the exemption; 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 repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2023_24"
identifier: "HB 753"
citation: "Georgia HB 753 (2023_24)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jason Ridley", "Kasey Carpenter", "Steve Tarvin"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-03-20"
last_action: "2023-05-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/11fcaab7-3656-4385-8089-32aeeaecea73"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "06ab83432ec7b2126fc3f3725167dfe072a74befbf46848ab240c992d01eb2cd"
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 HB 753 (2023_24) — Whitfield County; ad valorem tax for educational purposes; revise homestead exemption
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act providing a homestead exemption from Whitfield County School District ad valorem taxes for educational purposes in the amount of $150,000.00 of the assessed value of the homestead for certain residents of that school district who are 70 years of age or over, approved June 3, 2003 (Ga. L. 2003, p. 4538), so as to revise the exemption amount; to specify the terms and conditions of the exemption; 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 repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **HB 753/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/220029.pdf)
2. **LC 43 2793/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/218481.pdf)
3. **Local Ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/218719.pdf)
## Votes
- House Vote #271 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **162–0** (pass) · lower
- Senate Vote #338 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **52–0** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Jason Ridley — primary (person)
- Kasey Carpenter — primary (person)
- Steve Tarvin — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2023-03-20** House Hopper `introduction`
- **2023-03-20** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2023-03-21** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2023-03-23** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-23** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2023-03-23** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2023-03-23** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-27** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-29** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2023-04-05** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-03** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-03** Act 311 `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-03** Effective Date
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/11fcaab7-3656-4385-8089-32aeeaecea73`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).