---
type: "Bill"
title: "City of Decatur; levy an excise tax pursuant to subsection (b) of Code Section 48-13-51 of the O.C.G.A; authorize the governing authority"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to authorize the governing authority of the City of Decatur 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: "2017_18"
identifier: "SB 477"
citation: "Georgia SB 477 (2017_18)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Elena Parent"]
version_count: 0
action_count: 14
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2018-02-22"
last_action: "2018-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1ff00329-e5bd-48df-94bc-33e7f27b1169"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "9ef85a957e1cc84346dc84bc99d19f3e62b0c9a89d437bf9ef099a463c97cfd8"
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 SB 477 (2017_18) — City of Decatur; levy an excise tax pursuant to subsection (b) of Code Section 48-13-51 of the O.C.G.A; authorize the governing authority

A BILL to be entitled an Act to authorize the governing authority of the City of Decatur 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.


## Votes

- LOCAL CONSENT CALENDAR — **46–2** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Elena Parent — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2018-02-22** Senate Hopper
- **2018-02-23** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-09** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-09** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2018-03-12** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2018-03-14** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2018-03-23** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-23** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2018-03-23** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2018-03-23** House Immediately Transmitted to Senate
- **2018-04-05** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-05-08** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2018-05-08** Act 532 `executive-signature`
- **2018-05-08** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1ff00329-e5bd-48df-94bc-33e7f27b1169`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).