---
type: "Bill"
title: "Trenton, City of; levy an excise tax"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to authorize the governing authority of the City of Trenton 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 598"
citation: "Georgia HB 598 (2017_18)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dewayne Hill", "John Deffenbaugh", "Steve Tarvin"]
version_count: 0
action_count: 13
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2017-03-16"
last_action: "2017-05-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f0252c28-2c55-4fbd-bff2-fb507873da35"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "a62ae886c4c885e55652b788180d5bcee543fadb09d1b8c096bf7db49cf89340"
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 598 (2017_18) — Trenton, City of; levy an excise tax

A BILL to be entitled an Act to authorize the governing authority of the City of Trenton 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 Calendar without HB 603 & HB 613 — **155–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Dewayne Hill — primary (person)
- John Deffenbaugh — primary (person)
- Steve Tarvin — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-03-16** House Hopper
- **2017-03-20** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2017-03-22** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2017-03-24** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-24** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2017-03-24** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2017-03-24** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-28** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-28** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2017-04-04** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-05-04** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2017-05-04** Act 157 `executive-signature`
- **2017-05-04** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f0252c28-2c55-4fbd-bff2-fb507873da35`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).