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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Fitzgerald, City of; levy an excise tax"
+description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act authorizing the governing authority of the City of Fitzgerald to levy an excise tax pursuant to subsection (b) of Code Section 48-13-51 of the O.C.G.A., approved May 8, 2018 (Ga. L. 2018, p. 4068), so as to align said Act with the provisions of general law and City of Fitzgerald's resolution related to the expenditure of funds from the levy of an excise tax on lodging; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
+legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
+session: "2019_20"
+identifier: "HB 54"
+citation: "Georgia HB 54 (2019_20)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Clay Pirkle"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 13
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2019-01-28"
+last_action: "2019-04-02"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fdcfcad0-e47b-4d27-be76-1927595fb92f"
+source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
+source_hash: "e61f3dce1542a0c2dd20e11caaeb62de31b567e6e97f7be927cfbfd9830b6219"
+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 54 (2019_20) — Fitzgerald, City of; levy an excise tax
+
+A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act authorizing the governing authority of the City of Fitzgerald to levy an excise tax pursuant to subsection (b) of Code Section 48-13-51 of the O.C.G.A., approved May 8, 2018 (Ga. L. 2018, p. 4068), so as to align said Act with the provisions of general law and City of Fitzgerald's resolution related to the expenditure of funds from the levy of an excise tax on lodging; 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 54/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/181501.pdf)
+2. **LC 43 1106/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/179779.pdf)
+3. **Local Ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/179931.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Local Calendar Without — **155–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Clay Pirkle — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2019-01-28** House Hopper
+- **2019-01-29** House First Readers `reading-1`
+- **2019-01-30** House Second Readers `reading-2`
+- **2019-02-06** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-02-06** House Third Readers `reading-3`
+- **2019-02-06** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
+- **2019-02-07** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
+- **2019-02-13** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-02-13** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
+- **2019-03-29** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2019-04-02** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2019-04-02** Act 9 `executive-signature`
+- **2019-04-02** Effective Date
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fdcfcad0-e47b-4d27-be76-1927595fb92f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
+