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type: "Bill"
title: "Catoosa County; school district ad valorem tax; provide homestead exemption"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide a homestead exemption from Catoosa County school district ad valorem taxes for educational purposes in the amount of $100,000.00 of the assessed value of the homestead for residents of that school district who are 67 years of age or older; 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, automatic repeal, mandatory execution of election, and judicial remedies regarding failure to comply; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2025_26"
identifier: "HB 30"
citation: "Georgia HB 30 (2025_26)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Mitchell Horner"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-01-13"
last_action: "2025-05-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cbd2ed3f-cb90-4b3e-a5e7-95a77ecf9832"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "42f1864c8a64b3a39c96c5f1c3f53e4c368ffeec173a034738dd68e279902c89"
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 30 (2025_26) — Catoosa County; school district ad valorem tax; provide homestead exemption
A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide a homestead exemption from Catoosa County school district ad valorem taxes for educational purposes in the amount of $100,000.00 of the assessed value of the homestead for residents of that school district who are 67 years of age or older; 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, automatic repeal, mandatory execution of election, and judicial remedies regarding failure to comply; to provide for related matters; 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 30/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/236158.pdf)
2. **LC 47 3133/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/229813.pdf)
3. **LC 47 3264S/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/234959.pdf)
4. **LC 47 3264S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/234958.pdf)
5. **Local Ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/229842.pdf)
## Votes
- House Vote #148 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **172–0** (pass) · lower
- Senate Vote #229 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **48–0** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Mitchell Horner — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2025-01-13** House Hopper `introduction`
- **2025-01-14** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2025-01-15** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2025-03-04** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-04** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2025-03-04** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2025-03-06** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-13** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-13** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2025-04-07** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-14** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-14** Act 317 `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-14** Effective Date
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/cbd2ed3f-cb90-4b3e-a5e7-95a77ecf9832`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).