---
type: "Bill"
title: "Vidalia, City of; levy an excise tax"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to authorize the governing authority of the City of Vidalia 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: "2015_16"
identifier: "HB 636"
citation: "Georgia HB 636 (2015_16)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Greg Morris"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 13
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2015-03-19"
last_action: "2015-05-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7aa4cb37-a8f5-4ed5-a87a-2a9770005c2b"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "46c35386ab3ffda8d73f804ba8f58abfa54311d133ddea1596b54045e15a2305"
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 636 (2015_16) — Vidalia, City of; levy an excise tax

A BILL to be entitled an Act to authorize the governing authority of the City of Vidalia 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 636/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/152774.pdf)
2. **LC 21 3738/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/151636.pdf)

## Votes

- Local Calendar Without HB 627 — **113–42** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Greg Morris — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2015-03-19** House Hopper
- **2015-03-20** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2015-03-23** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2015-03-24** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2015-03-24** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2015-03-24** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2015-03-25** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2015-03-26** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2015-03-26** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2015-04-06** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2015-05-12** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2015-05-12** Act 276 `executive-signature`
- **2015-05-12** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7aa4cb37-a8f5-4ed5-a87a-2a9770005c2b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).