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To untie the Gordian Knot of Georgia's property tax system, lawmakers will need voters to approve an amendment to the state constitution.

Before they can even get it to voters, they will have to get it through both chambers of the General Assembly with two-thirds votes in favor. That would mean securing votes from Democrats. It would also require collaboration from the Republican-controlled Senate, which has its own affordability priority.

Senate leaders have said they want to make deep annual cuts to the income tax, eventually eliminating it.

Sen. Blake Tillery, RVidalia, chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee, noted that his chamber's proposal does not call for an increase in the state's portion of the sales tax.

The House has yet to release legislation with full details about how its property tax cut would work. Tillery said he looks forward to reading the details and to 'working with the house to reduce the tax burden on all Georgians.'