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type: "Bill"
title: "Cherokee County School District; full value exemption for senior and disabled residents; provide"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act providing a homestead exemption from Cherokee County School District ad valorem taxes for educational purposes for the full value of the homestead for certain residents of that school district who have annual incomes not exceeding $16,000.00 and who are 62 years of age or over, approved March 10, 1988 (Ga. L. 1988, p. 3677), as amended, so as to provide for a full value exemption for senior and disabled residents; to provide for a residency requirement and grandfathering of certain residents; 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: "SB 388"
citation: "Georgia SB 388 (2023_24)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brandon Beach", "John Albers", "Kay Kirkpatrick"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 15
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2024-01-24"
last_action: "2024-02-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2df6a539-52ad-4e59-8404-8ebbfff4b511"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "a479e2d8f5e8eb0107fb3dd4a88bb47376953458d594924f17a3672deca460a2"
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 388 (2023_24) — Cherokee County School District; full value exemption for senior and disabled residents; provide
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act providing a homestead exemption from Cherokee County School District ad valorem taxes for educational purposes for the full value of the homestead for certain residents of that school district who have annual incomes not exceeding $16,000.00 and who are 62 years of age or over, approved March 10, 1988 (Ga. L. 1988, p. 3677), as amended, so as to provide for a full value exemption for senior and disabled residents; to provide for a residency requirement and grandfathering of certain residents; 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. **As introduced LC 44 2575** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/221740.pdf)
2. **As passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/223164.pdf)
3. **LC 44 2704S/hss** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/224059.pdf)
4. **SB 388 ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/221779.pdf)
5. **SB 388/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/224293.pdf)
## Votes
- Senate Vote #474 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **45–0** (pass) · upper
- House Vote #482 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **166–0** (pass) · lower
- Senate Vote #507 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **47–0** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Brandon Beach — primary (person)
- John Albers — primary (person)
- Kay Kirkpatrick — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2024-01-24** Senate Hopper `introduction`
- **2024-01-25** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-07** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-07** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2024-02-08** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2024-02-09** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2024-02-15** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-15** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2024-02-15** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2024-02-15** House Immediately Transmitted to Senate
- **2024-02-16** Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
- **2024-02-16** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-02-19** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2024-02-19** Act 359 `executive-signature`
- **2024-02-19** Effective Date
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2df6a539-52ad-4e59-8404-8ebbfff4b511`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).