---
type: "Bill"
title: "Gwinnett County; levy an excise tax"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to authorize the governing authority of Gwinnett County 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: "HB 1038"
citation: "Georgia HB 1038 (2017_18)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brooks Coleman", "Buzz Brockway", "David Clark", "Joyce Chandler", "Scott Hilton", "Tom Kirby"]
version_count: 0
action_count: 14
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2018-03-09"
last_action: "2018-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e8c95eff-132c-444f-9e23-bac3a2f13ff7"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "55e0286ef3f633e81e380b7189a6a629f0ccb02801b57fee21c2a9091244cec9"
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 1038 (2017_18) — Gwinnett County; levy an excise tax

A BILL to be entitled an Act to authorize the governing authority of Gwinnett County 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 Calendars without HB1041 — **157–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Brooks Coleman — primary (person)
- Buzz Brockway — primary (person)
- David Clark — primary (person)
- Joyce Chandler — primary (person)
- Scott Hilton — primary (person)
- Tom Kirby — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-03-09** House Hopper
- **2018-03-12** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2018-03-14** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2018-03-15** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-15** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2018-03-15** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2018-03-15** House Immediately Transmitted to Senate
- **2018-03-19** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-23** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-23** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2018-04-04** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-05-08** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2018-05-08** Act 514 `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/e8c95eff-132c-444f-9e23-bac3a2f13ff7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).