Gordon County; school district ad valorem tax; increase homestead exemption for certain residents
Summary
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act to provide homestead exemptions from Gordon County school district ad valorem taxes for educational purposes in the amount of $40,000.00 of the assessed value of the homestead for residents of that school district who are at least 65 but less than 70 years of age and in the amount of $100,000.00 of the assessed value of the homestead for residents of that school district who are 70 years of age or older, approved May 5, 2006 (Ga. L. 2006, p. 4533), so as to increase said homestead exemption for residents who are between 65 and 69 years of age to $50,000.00; to provide for compliance with constitutional requirements; to provide for a referendum, effective dates, and automatic repeal; to provide for mandatory execution of election and judicial remedies regarding failure to comply; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2025
Committee Review
Apr 2025
House Passage
Mar 2025
Senate Passage
Apr 2025
Signed into Law
May 2025
Introduced Mar 25, 2025
Signed May 14, 2025
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The bill title was updated to indicate it has passed both the House and Senate, and the document version number was changed from LC 47 3648 to LC 47 3648/AP to reflect its amended status. These are primarily technical and formatting updates rather than substantive policy changes.
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Updated the bill title to include '(AS PASSED HOUSE AND SENATE)' to indicate legislative progress.
Changed the document version identifier from 'LC 47 3648' to 'LC 47 3648/AP' to reflect the amended version status.
Floor votes · Senate Apr 4, 2025 · House Mar 31, 2025
How they voted
51–2
Passed · 2 other
Total votes 55
Apr 4, 2025
D
Democratic22
86% Yea
R
Republican33
96% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
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Actions timeline
Total actions
13
Key actions
6
Committee
3
May 14, 2025
Signed into law
Act 351
upper
May 14, 2025
Signed into law
House Date Signed by Governor
lower
Apr 4, 2025
Upper · Passed
Senate Passed/Adopted
upper
Apr 4, 2025
Upper · Passed
Senate Committee Favorably Reported
upper
Mar 31, 2025
Committee
Senate Read and Referred
upper
Mar 31, 2025
Lower · Passed
House Passed/Adopted
lower
Mar 31, 2025
Lower · Passed
House Committee Favorably Reported
lower
Mar 25, 2025
Introduced
House Hopper
lower
2 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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