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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Hinesville, City of; levy an excise tax"
+description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to authorize the governing authority of the City of Hinesville 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: "2023_24"
+identifier: "HB 740"
+citation: "Georgia HB 740 (2023_24)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Al Williams", "Buddy DeLoach"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 13
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2023-03-15"
+last_action: "2023-05-03"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e4eef2bd-dcc2-4dc9-9202-b84939d6bb0a"
+source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
+source_hash: "0d47733e19f4f39bc9ea19b88aafcea57e193b32673be26850c21b15085b91b0"
+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 740 (2023_24) — Hinesville, City of; levy an excise tax
+
+A BILL to be entitled an Act to authorize the governing authority of the City of Hinesville 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 740/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/219995.pdf)
+2. **LC 46 0608/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/218062.pdf)
+3. **Local Ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/218096.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Senate Vote #338 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **52–0** (pass) · upper
+- House Vote #263 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **164–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Al Williams — primary (person)
+- Buddy DeLoach — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-03-15** House Hopper `introduction`
+- **2023-03-16** House First Readers `reading-1`
+- **2023-03-20** House Second Readers `reading-2`
+- **2023-03-21** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-03-21** House Third Readers `reading-3`
+- **2023-03-21** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
+- **2023-03-23** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
+- **2023-03-29** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-03-29** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
+- **2023-04-05** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2023-05-03** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2023-05-03** Act 306 `executive-signature`
+- **2023-05-03** Effective Date
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e4eef2bd-dcc2-4dc9-9202-b84939d6bb0a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
+