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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Tifton, City of; levy an excise tax"
+description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to authorize the governing authority of the City of Tifton 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: "2019_20"
+identifier: "HB 884"
+citation: "Georgia HB 884 (2019_20)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Clay Pirkle", "Penny Houston", "Sam Watson"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 13
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2020-02-04"
+last_action: "2020-06-30"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9b7827a3-72bf-476c-9b51-b8c27e554a6f"
+source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
+source_hash: "ef9a5c619b64f0c1c157b25dbb74e08cc8d4267e12b5dda29093af78fc1618fa"
+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 884 (2019_20) — Tifton, City of; levy an excise tax
+
+A BILL to be entitled an Act to authorize the governing authority of the City of Tifton 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 884/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/194381.pdf)
+2. **LC 47 0252/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/189357.pdf)
+3. **Local Ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/189367.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Local Calendar — **162–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Clay Pirkle — primary (person)
+- Penny Houston — primary (person)
+- Sam Watson — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2020-02-04** House Hopper
+- **2020-02-05** House First Readers `reading-1`
+- **2020-02-18** House Second Readers `reading-2`
+- **2020-02-19** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2020-02-19** House Third Readers `reading-3`
+- **2020-02-19** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
+- **2020-02-20** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
+- **2020-06-18** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2020-06-18** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
+- **2020-06-29** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2020-06-30** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2020-06-30** Act 453 `executive-signature`
+- **2020-06-30** Effective Date
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9b7827a3-72bf-476c-9b51-b8c27e554a6f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
+