---
type: "Bill"
title: "Gwinnett County; ad valorem tax; additional homestead exemption of $2000.00 for certain public service employees"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide an additional homestead exemption from Gwinnett County school district ad valorem taxes for educational purposes in the amount of $2,000.00 of the assessed value of the homestead for residents of that school district who are certain public service employees; 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 repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2023_24"
identifier: "HB 748"
citation: "Georgia HB 748 (2023_24)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chuck Efstration", "Dewey McClain", "Farooq Mughal", "Jasmine Clark", "Matt Reeves", "Ruwa Romman"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-03-16"
last_action: "2023-05-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5c097c25-c643-4030-87a0-238e65aac97d"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "6c42d2f978919c761d5414bb1689b45dbc04faef6e78ebc3985006b556d78478"
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 HB 748 (2023_24) — Gwinnett County; ad valorem tax; additional homestead exemption of $2000.00 for certain public service employees

A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide an additional homestead exemption from Gwinnett County school district ad valorem taxes for educational purposes in the amount of $2,000.00 of the assessed value of the homestead for residents of that school district who are certain public service employees; 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 repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **HB 748/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/220026.pdf)
2. **LC 47 2298/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/218248.pdf)
3. **Local Ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/218300.pdf)

## Votes

- House Vote #271 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **162–0** (pass) · lower
- Senate Vote #338 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **52–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Chuck Efstration — primary (person)
- Dewey McClain — primary (person)
- Farooq Mughal — primary (person)
- Jasmine Clark — primary (person)
- Matt Reeves — primary (person)
- Ruwa Romman — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2023-03-16** House Hopper `introduction`
- **2023-03-20** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2023-03-21** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2023-03-23** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-23** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2023-03-23** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2023-03-23** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-27** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-29** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2023-04-03** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-03** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-03** Act 309 `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-03** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5c097c25-c643-4030-87a0-238e65aac97d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).