republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2025-26/hb-540.md

type, title, description, jurisdiction, legislature, session, identifier, citation, classification, subjects, status, primary_sponsors, version_count, action_count, vote_count, first_action, last_action, source, source_identifier, source_url, source_hash, vintage, source_snapshot, retrieved_at, confidence, tags

type	title	description	jurisdiction	legislature	session	identifier	citation	classification	subjects	status	primary_sponsors	version_count	action_count	vote_count	first_action	last_action	source	source_identifier	source_url	source_hash	vintage	source_snapshot	retrieved_at	confidence	tags
Bill	Gwinnett County; ad valorem tax for educational purposes; expand additional homestead exemption to certain veterans and employees	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend 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, approved May 3, 2023 (Ga. L. 2023, p. 4346), so as to expand such exemption to disabled veterans and all employees of the Gwinnett County School District and the Buford City School District; 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 provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2025_26	HB 540	Georgia HB 540 (2025_26)	bill		enacted	Chuck Efstration Dewey McClain Jasmine Clark Matt Reeves Reynaldo Martinez Segun Adeyina	3	13	2	2025-02-20	2025-05-13	openstates	ocd-bill/ed1a8ed7-32c6-4b36-a83c-eac5d0450abf	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	3bbc1a6fae5d73a247de27d9ccbb93d14d874dc367894e581dd3bb9b90aed72e	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia HB 540 (2025_26) — Gwinnett County; ad valorem tax for educational purposes; expand additional homestead exemption to certain veterans and employees

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend 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, approved May 3, 2023 (Ga. L. 2023, p. 4346), so as to expand such exemption to disabled veterans and all employees of the Gwinnett County School District and the Buford City School District; 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 provide for related matters; 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 540/AP* (committee substitute) — source
2. LC 47 3388/a (committee substitute) — source
3. Local Ad (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Senate Vote #265 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 53–0 (pass) · upper
• House Vote #148 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 172–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Chuck Efstration — primary (person)
• Dewey McClain — primary (person)
• Jasmine Clark — primary (person)
• Matt Reeves — primary (person)
• Reynaldo Martinez — primary (person)
• Segun Adeyina — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-02-20 House Hopper introduction
• 2025-02-21 House First Readers reading-1
• 2025-02-24 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2025-03-04 House Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-03-04 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2025-03-04 House Passed/Adopted passage
• 2025-03-06 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2025-03-21 Senate Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-03-21 Senate Passed/Adopted passage
• 2025-04-07 House Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2025-05-13 House Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2025-05-13 Act 202 executive-signature
• 2025-05-13 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/ed1a8ed7-32c6-4b36-a83c-eac5d0450abf. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).