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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Tucker, City of; levy an excise tax"
+description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to authorize the governing authority of the City of Tucker 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: "2017_18"
+identifier: "HB 596"
+citation: "Georgia HB 596 (2017_18)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Billy Mitchell", "Earnest Williams", "Michele Henson", "Scott Holcomb"]
+version_count: 0
+action_count: 13
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2017-03-15"
+last_action: "2017-05-04"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0c184ec3-3b0f-4dad-9f8d-6735c2973f92"
+source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
+source_hash: "8c833810349b1a60e6a0731e314da7f11f4018a0f2ad75cb83c9d08f864a0386"
+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 596 (2017_18) — Tucker, City of; levy an excise tax
+
+A BILL to be entitled an Act to authorize the governing authority of the City of Tucker 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.
+
+
+## Votes
+
+- Local Calendar — **160–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Billy Mitchell — primary (person)
+- Earnest Williams — primary (person)
+- Michele Henson — primary (person)
+- Scott Holcomb — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2017-03-15** House Hopper
+- **2017-03-16** House First Readers `reading-1`
+- **2017-03-20** House Second Readers `reading-2`
+- **2017-03-22** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2017-03-22** House Third Readers `reading-3`
+- **2017-03-22** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
+- **2017-03-24** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
+- **2017-03-28** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2017-03-28** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
+- **2017-04-04** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2017-05-04** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2017-05-04** Act 156 `executive-signature`
+- **2017-05-04** Effective Date
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0c184ec3-3b0f-4dad-9f8d-6735c2973f92`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
+