# Georgia SB 77: City of Cartersville; independent school district ad valorem taxes for educational purposes; provide a homestead exemption

Georgia SB 77, City of Cartersville; independent school district ad valorem taxes for educational purposes; provide a homestead exemption, is a 2025-2026 Regular Session Senate bill sponsored by Chuck Hufstetler (Republican), Ed Setzler (Republican); status signed, last action 2025-05-09 (Senate Date Signed by Governor); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-10-12).

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## Facts
- Bill: Georgia SB 77
- State: Georgia
- Session: 2025-2026 Regular Session
- Title: City of Cartersville; independent school district ad valorem taxes for educational purposes; provide a homestead exemption
- Status: signed
- Chamber: Senate
- Introduced: 2025-02-03
- Last action: 2025-05-09, Senate Date Signed by Governor
- Sponsors: Chuck Hufstetler (Republican), Ed Setzler (Republican)
- Cosponsors: 1
- Subjects: Intragovernmental Coordination, State and Local Governmental Operations, Local Bill
- Touches household money: yes
- Roll calls: 3 (278 yes, 0 no in all)
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 1

## Summary

No summary available.

## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read

- School tax relief for Cartersville homeowners: benefit, high. The law establishes a school property tax exemption for owner-occupied homes in the City of Cartersville independent school district. It covers tax years January 1, 2026, through December 31, 2030, and no more than five contiguous acres. The exemption requires majority voter approval in the local r…

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: Chuck Hufstetler (Republican), Senate
- Sponsor: Ed Setzler (Republican), Senate
- Cosponsor: Matthew Gambill (Republican), House

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2025-03-21 | Senate | AGREE TO HOUSE SUBSTITUTE AS AMENDED BY AMENDMENT #2 | pass | 55 | 0 |   |
| 2025-03-04 | House | Local Calendar | pass | 172 | 0 | 6 |
| 2025-02-19 | Senate | LOCAL CONSENT CALENDAR | pass | 51 | 0 | 2 |

## Actions (15)

- 2025-05-09: Senate Date Signed by Governor (Senate)
- 2025-05-09: Act 107
- 2025-05-09: Effective Date
- 2025-04-07: Senate Sent to Governor (Senate)
- 2025-03-27: House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub (House)
- 2025-03-21: Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub As Amended (Senate)
- 2025-03-04: House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute (House)
- 2025-03-04: House Third Readers (House)
- 2025-03-04: House Passed/Adopted By Substitute (House)
- 2025-02-21: House Second Readers (House)
- 2025-02-20: House First Readers (House)
- 2025-02-19: Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute (Senate)
- 2025-02-19: Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute (Senate)
- 2025-02-04: Senate Read and Referred (Senate)
- 2025-02-03: Senate Hopper (Senate)

## Bill text

- SB 77/AP* (v15): [PDF](https://www.legis.ga.gov/api/legislation/document/20252026/237937)

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- SB 384: Motor Vehicle; optional five-year motor vehicle registration and revalidation for certain motor vehicles; provide (signed)
- SB 76: License Plates; specialty license plate benefitting the Georgia Veterans Service Foundation; establish (signed)
- SB 406: "Georgia Property Owners' Bill of Rights Act"; enact (signed)
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## Sources
- [SB 77/AP* (v15) (PDF)](https://www.legis.ga.gov/api/legislation/document/20252026/237937)

## Related
- [SB 160: Reckless Stunt Driving; a motor vehicle involved in a second offense of reckles…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/GA-SB160-2025-2026)
- [SB 384: Motor Vehicle; optional five-year motor vehicle registration and revalidation f…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/GA-SB384-2025-2026)
- [SB 76: License Plates; specialty license plate benefitting the Georgia Veterans Servic…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/GA-SB76-2025-2026)
- [SB 406: "Georgia Property Owners' Bill of Rights Act"; enact](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/GA-SB406-2025-2026)
- [HB 1391: Specialty license plates; honor public safety officers; establish](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/GA-HB1391-2025-2026)
- [HB 1344: Georgia Insurance Affordability and Claims Integrity Act; enact](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/GA-HB1344-2025-2026)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/GA-SB77-2025-2026 (as of 2026-10-12).