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type: "Bill"
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title: "Gwinnett County; ad valorem tax; increase homestead exemption to $8,000.00"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act to provide a homestead exemption of $4,000.00 from all county school district ad valorem taxation, except taxes levied to retire bonded indebtedness, which applies to the homestead of each resident of the Gwinnett County school district actually occupied by the owner as a residence and homestead, approved March 24, 1988 (Ga. L. 1988, p. 4199), so as to increase said homestead exemption to $8,000.00; 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 repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
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legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
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session: "2023_24"
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identifier: "HB 711"
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citation: "Georgia HB 711 (2023_24)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Chuck Efstration", "Dewey McClain", "Farooq Mughal", "Jasmine Clark", "Karen Bennett", "Matt Reeves"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 15
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2023-03-09"
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last_action: "2023-05-03"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7bdb2c11-eeb9-47d1-958e-d5084cd9fc7c"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "99dfe797396b1bf1610f319d6eb28b8a81e9cc73df32fcef8d7b91252212b0ab"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ga"]
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---
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# Georgia HB 711 (2023_24) — Gwinnett County; ad valorem tax; increase homestead exemption to $8,000.00
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act to provide a homestead exemption of $4,000.00 from all county school district ad valorem taxation, except taxes levied to retire bonded indebtedness, which applies to the homestead of each resident of the Gwinnett County school district actually occupied by the owner as a residence and homestead, approved March 24, 1988 (Ga. L. 1988, p. 4199), so as to increase said homestead exemption to $8,000.00; 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 repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **HB 711/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/220023.pdf)
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2. **LC 47 2297/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/217513.pdf)
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3. **Local Ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/217514.pdf)
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## Votes
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- House Vote #271 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **162–0** (pass) · lower
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- Senate Vote #338 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **52–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Chuck Efstration — primary (person)
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- Dewey McClain — primary (person)
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- Farooq Mughal — primary (person)
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- Jasmine Clark — primary (person)
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- Karen Bennett — primary (person)
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- Matt Reeves — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2023-03-09** House Hopper `introduction`
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- **2023-03-13** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2023-03-14** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2023-03-16** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-03-16** House Withdrawn, Recommitted `referral-committee, withdrawal`
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- **2023-03-23** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-03-23** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2023-03-23** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2023-03-23** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2023-03-27** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-03-29** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2023-04-05** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2023-05-03** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2023-05-03** Act 296 `executive-signature`
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- **2023-05-03** Effective Date
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7bdb2c11-eeb9-47d1-958e-d5084cd9fc7c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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