# Georgia HB 540: Gwinnett County; ad valorem tax for educational purposes; expand additional homestead exemption to certain veterans and employees

Georgia HB 540, Gwinnett County; ad valorem tax for educational purposes; expand additional homestead exemption to certain veterans and employees, is a 2025-2026 Regular Session House bill sponsored by Segun Adeyina (Democrat), Jasmine Clark (Democrat), Chuck Efstration (Republican) and 3 others; status signed, last action 2025-05-13 (House Date Signed by Governor); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-10-12).

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## Facts
- Bill: Georgia HB 540
- State: Georgia
- Session: 2025-2026 Regular Session
- Title: Gwinnett County; ad valorem tax for educational purposes; expand additional homestead exemption to certain veterans and employees
- Status: signed
- Chamber: House
- Introduced: 2025-02-20
- Last action: 2025-05-13, House Date Signed by Governor
- Sponsors: Segun Adeyina (Democrat), Jasmine Clark (Democrat), Chuck Efstration (Republican), Reynaldo Martinez (Republican), Dewey McClain (Democrat), Matt Reeves (Republican)
- Cosponsors: 0
- Subjects: Intragovernmental Coordination, State and Local Governmental Operations, Local Bill
- Touches household money: yes
- Roll calls: 2 (225 yes, 0 no in all)
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 1

## Summary

No summary available.

## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read

- Gwinnett tax relief for veterans and employees: benefit, medium. The law puts an expanded Gwinnett County school tax break before voters in the 2026 general primary. It adds qualifying disabled veterans and all Gwinnett County and Buford City school district employees, including people with staff privileges. Eligible homeowners must live in the Gwinnett County s…

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: Segun Adeyina (Democrat), House
- Sponsor: Jasmine Clark (Democrat), House
- Sponsor: Chuck Efstration (Republican), House
- Sponsor: Reynaldo Martinez (Republican), House
- Sponsor: Dewey McClain (Democrat), House
- Sponsor: Matt Reeves (Republican), House

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2025-03-21 | Senate | LOCAL CONSENT CALENDAR | pass | 53 | 0 | 2 |
| 2025-03-04 | House | Local Calendar | pass | 172 | 0 | 6 |

## Actions (13)

- 2025-05-13: House Date Signed by Governor (House)
- 2025-05-13: Act 202
- 2025-05-13: Effective Date
- 2025-04-07: House Sent to Governor (House)
- 2025-03-21: Senate Committee Favorably Reported (Senate)
- 2025-03-21: Senate Passed/Adopted (Senate)
- 2025-03-06: Senate Read and Referred (Senate)
- 2025-03-04: House Committee Favorably Reported (House)
- 2025-03-04: House Third Readers (House)
- 2025-03-04: House Passed/Adopted (House)
- 2025-02-24: House Second Readers (House)
- 2025-02-21: House First Readers (House)
- 2025-02-20: House Hopper (House)

## Bill text

- HB 540/AP* (v4): [PDF](https://www.legis.ga.gov/api/legislation/document/20252026/237015)

## Related bills

- SB 160: Reckless Stunt Driving; a motor vehicle involved in a second offense of reckless stunt driving; replace the forfeiture penalty (signed)
- SB 384: Motor Vehicle; optional five-year motor vehicle registration and revalidation for certain motor vehicles; provide (signed)
- SB 76: License Plates; specialty license plate benefitting the Georgia Veterans Service Foundation; establish (signed)
- SB 406: "Georgia Property Owners' Bill of Rights Act"; enact (signed)
- HB 1391: Specialty license plates; honor public safety officers; establish (signed)
- HB 1344: Georgia Insurance Affordability and Claims Integrity Act; enact (signed)

## Sources
- [HB 540/AP* (v4) (PDF)](https://www.legis.ga.gov/api/legislation/document/20252026/237015)

## Related
- [SB 160: Reckless Stunt Driving; a motor vehicle involved in a second offense of reckles…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/GA-SB160-2025-2026)
- [SB 384: Motor Vehicle; optional five-year motor vehicle registration and revalidation f…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/GA-SB384-2025-2026)
- [SB 76: License Plates; specialty license plate benefitting the Georgia Veterans Servic…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/GA-SB76-2025-2026)
- [SB 406: "Georgia Property Owners' Bill of Rights Act"; enact](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/GA-SB406-2025-2026)
- [HB 1391: Specialty license plates; honor public safety officers; establish](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/GA-HB1391-2025-2026)
- [HB 1344: Georgia Insurance Affordability and Claims Integrity Act; enact](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/GA-HB1344-2025-2026)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/GA-HB540-2025-2026 (as of 2026-10-12).