---
type: "Bill"
title: "Alpharetta, City of; levy an excise tax"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to authorize the governing authority of the City of Alpharetta 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: "2013_14"
identifier: "HB 989"
citation: "Georgia HB 989 (2013_14)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Charles Martin", "Harry Geisinger", "Jan Jones"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 13
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2014-02-11"
last_action: "2014-04-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/842cf648-bfb4-45d9-8d7a-7d9cd8fbf239"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "eb71c9f529e83a73808b0aa40bb5f8ae4302d26f2b0a845b2c17cc5481c8c998"
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 989 (2013_14) — Alpharetta, City of; levy an excise tax

A BILL to be entitled an Act to authorize the governing authority of the City of Alpharetta 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 989/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/142613.pdf)
2. **LC 34 4069/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/139626.pdf)

## Votes

- Local Calendar Without HB 986 — **161–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Charles Martin — primary (person)
- Harry Geisinger — primary (person)
- Jan Jones — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2014-02-11** House Hopper
- **2014-02-17** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2014-02-18** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2014-02-19** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2014-02-19** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2014-02-19** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2014-02-20** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2014-03-05** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2014-03-05** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2014-03-25** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2014-04-10** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2014-04-10** Act 392 `executive-signature`
- **2014-04-10** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/842cf648-bfb4-45d9-8d7a-7d9cd8fbf239`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).