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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Thomasville, City of; levy an excise tax"
+description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to authorize the governing authority of the City of Thomasville to levy an excise tax pursuant to subsection (b) of Code Section 48-13-51 of the O.C.G.A.; to provide procedures, conditions, and limitations; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
+legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
+session: "2015_16"
+identifier: "HB 867"
+citation: "Georgia HB 867 (2015_16)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Amy Carter", "Darlene Taylor", "Dean Burke", "Sam Watson"]
+version_count: 2
+action_count: 13
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2016-01-28"
+last_action: "2016-04-27"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ead9a1c5-c6e3-4e25-8bbd-1c5b05b787c0"
+source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
+source_hash: "1ca1d19c8a9fefb6a6d89fc6e680e5f1e83b6a2d27f8d9b7345d1b853951baac"
+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 867 (2015_16) — Thomasville, City of; levy an excise tax
+
+A BILL to be entitled an Act to authorize the governing authority of the City of Thomasville to levy an excise tax pursuant to subsection (b) of Code Section 48-13-51 of the O.C.G.A.; to provide procedures, conditions, and limitations; 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 867/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/158210.pdf)
+2. **LC 40 1005/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/155900.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Local Calendar — **153–1** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Amy Carter — primary (person)
+- Darlene Taylor — primary (person)
+- Dean Burke — primary (person)
+- Sam Watson — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2016-01-28** House Hopper
+- **2016-02-01** House First Readers `reading-1`
+- **2016-02-02** House Second Readers `reading-2`
+- **2016-02-04** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2016-02-04** House Third Readers `reading-3`
+- **2016-02-04** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
+- **2016-02-08** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
+- **2016-02-19** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2016-02-19** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
+- **2016-03-28** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2016-04-27** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2016-04-27** Act 462 `executive-signature`
+- **2016-04-27** Effective Date
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ead9a1c5-c6e3-4e25-8bbd-1c5b05b787c0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
+