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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Dade County; levy an excise tax"
+description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to authorize the governing authority of Dade County 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 980"
+citation: "Georgia HB 980 (2017_18)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Brad Raffensperger", "Dewayne Hill", "John Deffenbaugh", "Kasey Carpenter", "Steve Tarvin"]
+version_count: 0
+action_count: 13
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2018-02-21"
+last_action: "2018-05-08"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/66e15aab-0347-474d-99c0-276552fee5ba"
+source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
+source_hash: "2827e003b52a810a15fc124afe38850bfaf5c206f4efe95a7303b48e1aa34908"
+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 980 (2017_18) — Dade County; levy an excise tax
+
+A BILL to be entitled an Act to authorize the governing authority of Dade County 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 — **164–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Brad Raffensperger — primary (person)
+- Dewayne Hill — primary (person)
+- John Deffenbaugh — primary (person)
+- Kasey Carpenter — primary (person)
+- Steve Tarvin — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2018-02-21** House Hopper
+- **2018-02-22** House First Readers `reading-1`
+- **2018-02-23** House Second Readers `reading-2`
+- **2018-03-05** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2018-03-05** House Third Readers `reading-3`
+- **2018-03-05** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
+- **2018-03-07** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
+- **2018-03-12** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2018-03-12** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
+- **2018-04-04** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2018-05-08** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2018-05-08** Act 495 `executive-signature`
+- **2018-05-08** Effective Date
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/66e15aab-0347-474d-99c0-276552fee5ba`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
+