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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Savannah Music Commission Act; enact"
+description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide for the creation of the Savannah Music Commission; to provide for a short title; to provide for findings; to provide for definitions; to provide for membership, terms of office, and vacancies; to confer powers and impose duties on the commission; to provide for bylaws; to provide for a quorum; to provide for audits; to provide for venue; to provide for tax exemptions from levy and sale; to provide for liberal construction; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
+legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
+session: "2025_26"
+identifier: "HB 762"
+citation: "Georgia HB 762 (2025_26)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Bill Hitchens", "Carl Gilliard", "Jesse Petrea", "Ron Stephens"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 13
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2025-03-11"
+last_action: "2025-05-01"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e9d06c63-ef9c-435e-ad13-353359ad60f9"
+source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
+source_hash: "87eb5f1a9f5bbac17e0d6dfc258dc5928489428f733a3e127cd0ec8e5a8731c2"
+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 762 (2025_26) — Savannah Music Commission Act; enact
+
+A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide for the creation of the Savannah Music Commission; to provide for a short title; to provide for findings; to provide for definitions; to provide for membership, terms of office, and vacancies; to confer powers and impose duties on the commission; to provide for bylaws; to provide for a quorum; to provide for audits; to provide for venue; to provide for tax exemptions from levy and sale; to provide for liberal construction; 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 762/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/238034.pdf)
+2. **LC 44 3090/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/235895.pdf)
+3. **Local Ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/235908.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Senate Vote #313 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **53–0** (pass) · upper
+- House Vote #302 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **170–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Bill Hitchens — primary (person)
+- Carl Gilliard — primary (person)
+- Jesse Petrea — primary (person)
+- Ron Stephens — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-03-11** House Hopper `introduction`
+- **2025-03-13** House First Readers `reading-1`
+- **2025-03-18** House Second Readers `reading-2`
+- **2025-03-25** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-03-25** House Third Readers `reading-3`
+- **2025-03-25** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
+- **2025-03-27** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
+- **2025-03-28** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-03-28** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
+- **2025-04-10** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2025-05-01** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2025-05-01** Act 48 `executive-signature`
+- **2025-05-01** Effective Date
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e9d06c63-ef9c-435e-ad13-353359ad60f9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
+