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type: "Bill"
title: "Bartow County; school district ad valorem taxes for educational purposes; provide a homestead exemption"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide a homestead exemption from Bartow County school district ad valorem taxes for educational purposes in an amount equal to the amount by which the current year assessed value of a homestead exceeds the adjusted base year assessed value of such homestead; 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 83"
citation: "Georgia SB 83 (2025_26)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chuck Hufstetler", "Ed Setzler"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 14
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-02-03"
last_action: "2025-05-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2a893fcb-1a4d-45ba-b371-15ce7c206370"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "d3fa0bc6e09c7c4586e8f4b2486963902859f9a48f72871ca2cf063d5b46e6f0"
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 83 (2025_26) — Bartow County; school district ad valorem taxes for educational purposes; provide a homestead exemption
A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide a homestead exemption from Bartow County school district ad valorem taxes for educational purposes in an amount equal to the amount by which the current year assessed value of a homestead exceeds the adjusted base year assessed value of such homestead; 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 introduced LC 44 2923** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/231075.pdf)
2. **As passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/232015.pdf)
3. **LC 44 3121S/hss** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/234955.pdf)
4. **SB 83 Local Ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/231080.pdf)
5. **SB 83/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/236977.pdf)
## Votes
- Senate Vote #33 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **490** (pass) · upper
- House Vote #148 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **1720** (pass) · lower
- Senate Vote #275 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **540** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Chuck Hufstetler — primary (person)
- Ed Setzler — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2025-02-03** Senate Hopper `introduction`
- **2025-02-04** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-11** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-11** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2025-02-12** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2025-02-13** 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`
- **2025-03-21** Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
- **2025-04-07** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-09** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-09** Act 108 `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-09** Effective Date
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2a893fcb-1a4d-45ba-b371-15ce7c206370`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).