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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Flowery Branch, City of; levy an excise tax"
+description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to authorize the governing authority of the City of Flowery Branch 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 942"
+citation: "Georgia HB 942 (2019_20)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Emory Dunahoo", "Lee Hawkins", "Matt Dubnik", "Timothy Barr"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 13
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2020-02-18"
+last_action: "2020-06-30"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a6aac46e-9927-4892-b67f-bfe128ab1938"
+source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
+source_hash: "c7f7fc765de13f76c195036a043be8ce0a97e36e30ae18b64893fd7be8f42878"
+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 942 (2019_20) — Flowery Branch, City of; levy an excise tax
+
+A BILL to be entitled an Act to authorize the governing authority of the City of Flowery Branch 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 942/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/193873.pdf)
+2. **LC 47 0374/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/189986.pdf)
+3. **Local Ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/190065.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Local Calendar — **157–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Emory Dunahoo — primary (person)
+- Lee Hawkins — primary (person)
+- Matt Dubnik — primary (person)
+- Timothy Barr — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2020-02-18** House Hopper
+- **2020-02-19** House First Readers `reading-1`
+- **2020-02-20** House Second Readers `reading-2`
+- **2020-02-25** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2020-02-25** House Third Readers `reading-3`
+- **2020-02-25** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
+- **2020-02-26** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
+- **2020-03-13** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2020-06-15** 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 459 `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/a6aac46e-9927-4892-b67f-bfe128ab1938`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
+