2025-2026 Regular Session
HB771
Cherokee County; school district ad valorem tax; extend homestead exemption
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, particularly by an Act approved February 19, 2024 (Ga. L. 2024, p. 3552), so as to extend the homestead exemption to surviving spouses without regard to the five-year residency requirement; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Legislative progress
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Recorded floor votes
2 roll calls are available for this bill. This record includes procedural and intermediate action as well as substantive final votes.
March 25, 2025 · House
Local Calendar : House Vote #302
Passed
170 yea–0 nay · 6 not voting · 4 absent
March 28, 2025 · Senate
Local Consent Calendar: Senate Vote #313
Passed
53 yea–0 nay · 1 not voting · 2 absent
Committee referrals
March 27, 2025 · Senate
State and Local Governmental Operations
March 18, 2025 · House
Intragovernmental Coordination
Instrument history
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State Effective Date 2025-05-14
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State Act 324
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House House Date Signed by Governor
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House House Sent to Governor
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Senate Senate Passed/Adopted View roll call
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Senate Senate Committee Favorably Reported
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Senate Senate Read and Referred
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House House Passed/Adopted View roll call
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House House Third Readers
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House House Committee Favorably Reported
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House House Second Readers
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House House First Readers
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House House Hopper