---
type: "Bill"
title: "Gwinnett County; Board of Commissioners; provide compensation of chairperson"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act creating the board of commissioners of Gwinnett County, approved January 31, 1968 (Ga. L. 1968, p. 2003), as amended, so as to provide for the compensation of the chairperson; to update provisions related to the compensation of commissioners; to provide for related matters; to provide a contingent effective date and automatic repeal; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2023_24"
identifier: "HB 777"
citation: "Georgia HB 777 (2023_24)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chuck Efstration", "Dewey McClain", "Farooq Mughal", "Jasmine Clark", "Karen Bennett", "Matt Reeves"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-03-20"
last_action: "2023-05-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8d2f6368-300c-4672-bb32-faf346b5bc18"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "0e3ea2057f9bb13ffcec64902761846e7efce7e2e09ed0bb8f92a7456b29f24f"
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 777 (2023_24) — Gwinnett County; Board of Commissioners; provide compensation of chairperson

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act creating the board of commissioners of Gwinnett County, approved January 31, 1968 (Ga. L. 1968, p. 2003), as amended, so as to provide for the compensation of the chairperson; to update provisions related to the compensation of commissioners; to provide for related matters; to provide a contingent effective date and automatic repeal; 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 777/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/220007.pdf)
2. **LC 47 2479/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/218577.pdf)
3. **Local Ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/218740.pdf)

## Votes

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

## Sponsors

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

## Timeline

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

- **2023-03-20** 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`
- **2023-05-01** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-01** Act 215 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8d2f6368-300c-4672-bb32-faf346b5bc18`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).