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type: "Bill"
title: "City of Decatur; independent school district ad valorem taxes for educational purposes; homestead exemption; provide"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide a homestead exemption from City of Decatur independent school district ad valorem taxes for educational purposes for a period of five years in the amount of $200,000.00 of the assessed value of the homestead for residents of that school district who are between 65 and 69 years of age and whose income does not exceed $62,000.00; to provide a homestead exemption from City of Decatur independent school district ad valorem taxes for educational purposes for a period of five years in the amount of $200,000.00 of the assessed value of the homestead for residents of that school district who are 70 years of age or older regardless of income; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2023_24"
identifier: "SB 288"
citation: "Georgia SB 288 (2023_24)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Elena Parent"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-03-06"
last_action: "2023-05-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/abf11c9e-fdf6-474d-afb6-264b76e91304"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "de8e38d21eb80e0c201cbe13bc483dab1e0d670ef8c4ccdbd98d9f712e4aee65"
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 288 (2023_24) — City of Decatur; independent school district ad valorem taxes for educational purposes; homestead exemption; provide
A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide a homestead exemption from City of Decatur independent school district ad valorem taxes for educational purposes for a period of five years in the amount of $200,000.00 of the assessed value of the homestead for residents of that school district who are between 65 and 69 years of age and whose income does not exceed $62,000.00; to provide a homestead exemption from City of Decatur independent school district ad valorem taxes for educational purposes for a period of five years in the amount of $200,000.00 of the assessed value of the homestead for residents of that school district who are 70 years of age or older regardless of income; 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 2126** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/217034.pdf)
2. **As passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/217489.pdf)
3. **SB 288 ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/217046.pdf)
4. **SB 288/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/220064.pdf)
## Votes
- House Vote #336 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **163–2** (pass) · lower
- Senate Vote #203 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **51–0** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Elena Parent — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2023-03-06** Senate Hopper `introduction`
- **2023-03-07** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-09** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-09** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2023-03-13** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2023-03-14** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2023-03-29** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-29** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2023-03-29** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2023-04-05** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-01** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-01** Act 128 `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-01** Effective Date
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/abf11c9e-fdf6-474d-afb6-264b76e91304`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).