---
type: "Bill"
title: "Thomasville, City of; levy an excise tax"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to authorize the governing authority of the City of Thomasville 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 867"
citation: "Georgia HB 867 (2015_16)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Amy Carter", "Darlene Taylor", "Dean Burke", "Sam Watson"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 13
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2016-01-28"
last_action: "2016-04-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ead9a1c5-c6e3-4e25-8bbd-1c5b05b787c0"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "1ca1d19c8a9fefb6a6d89fc6e680e5f1e83b6a2d27f8d9b7345d1b853951baac"
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 867 (2015_16) — Thomasville, City of; levy an excise tax

A BILL to be entitled an Act to authorize the governing authority of the City of Thomasville 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 867/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/158210.pdf)
2. **LC 40 1005/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/155900.pdf)

## Votes

- Local Calendar — **153–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Amy Carter — primary (person)
- Darlene Taylor — primary (person)
- Dean Burke — primary (person)
- Sam Watson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2016-01-28** House Hopper
- **2016-02-01** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2016-02-02** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2016-02-04** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2016-02-04** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2016-02-04** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2016-02-08** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2016-02-19** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2016-02-19** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2016-03-28** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2016-04-27** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2016-04-27** Act 462 `executive-signature`
- **2016-04-27** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ead9a1c5-c6e3-4e25-8bbd-1c5b05b787c0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).