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type: "Bill"
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title: "Gwinnett County; ad valorem tax for educational purposes; expand additional homestead exemption to certain veterans and employees"
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description: "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."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
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legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
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session: "2025_26"
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identifier: "HB 540"
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citation: "Georgia HB 540 (2025_26)"
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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", "Jasmine Clark", "Matt Reeves", "Reynaldo Martinez", "Segun Adeyina"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 13
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2025-02-20"
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last_action: "2025-05-13"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ed1a8ed7-32c6-4b36-a83c-eac5d0450abf"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "3bbc1a6fae5d73a247de27d9ccbb93d14d874dc367894e581dd3bb9b90aed72e"
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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 540 (2025_26) — Gwinnett County; ad valorem tax for educational purposes; expand additional homestead exemption to certain veterans and employees
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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.
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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 540/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/237015.pdf)
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2. **LC 47 3388/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/233205.pdf)
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3. **Local Ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/233224.pdf)
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## Votes
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- Senate Vote #265 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **53–0** (pass) · upper
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- House Vote #148 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **172–0** (pass) · lower
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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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- Jasmine Clark — primary (person)
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- Matt Reeves — primary (person)
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- Reynaldo Martinez — primary (person)
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- Segun Adeyina — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-02-20** House Hopper `introduction`
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- **2025-02-21** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2025-02-24** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2025-03-04** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-03-04** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2025-03-04** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2025-03-06** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2025-03-21** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-03-21** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2025-04-07** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2025-05-13** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2025-05-13** Act 202 `executive-signature`
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- **2025-05-13** 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/ed1a8ed7-32c6-4b36-a83c-eac5d0450abf`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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