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type: "Bill"
title: "Peach County; ad valorem taxes for county purposes; provide a homestead exemption"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide a homestead exemption from Peach County ad valorem taxes for county purposes in the amount of 10 percent of the assessed value of the homestead for residents of that county; 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: "SB 302"
citation: "Georgia SB 302 (2025_26)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["John F. Kennedy"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-02-27"
last_action: "2025-05-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1458453f-6c13-4dff-a662-e7b354a05b3c"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "34a3e11a805046e97ea9ac67e5e11c7fe171324c907940e791c758d615210428"
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 302 (2025_26) — Peach County; ad valorem taxes for county purposes; provide a homestead exemption
A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide a homestead exemption from Peach County ad valorem taxes for county purposes in the amount of 10 percent of the assessed value of the homestead for residents of that county; 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. **As Passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/234897.pdf)
2. **As introduced LC 44 3050** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/234362.pdf)
3. **SB 302 Local Ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/234368.pdf)
4. **SB 302/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/236506.pdf)
## Votes
- Senate Vote #114 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **52–0** (pass) · upper
- House Vote #279 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **171–0** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- John F. Kennedy — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2025-02-27** Senate Hopper `introduction`
- **2025-02-28** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-03** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-03** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2025-03-04** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2025-03-06** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2025-03-18** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-18** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2025-03-18** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2025-04-07** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-14** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-14** Act 357 `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/1458453f-6c13-4dff-a662-e7b354a05b3c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).