---
type: "Bill"
title: "Dade County; levy an excise tax"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to authorize the governing authority of Dade 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 980"
citation: "Georgia HB 980 (2017_18)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brad Raffensperger", "Dewayne Hill", "John Deffenbaugh", "Kasey Carpenter", "Steve Tarvin"]
version_count: 0
action_count: 13
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2018-02-21"
last_action: "2018-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/66e15aab-0347-474d-99c0-276552fee5ba"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "2827e003b52a810a15fc124afe38850bfaf5c206f4efe95a7303b48e1aa34908"
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 980 (2017_18) — Dade County; levy an excise tax

A BILL to be entitled an Act to authorize the governing authority of Dade 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 Calendar — **164–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Brad Raffensperger — primary (person)
- Dewayne Hill — primary (person)
- John Deffenbaugh — primary (person)
- Kasey Carpenter — primary (person)
- Steve Tarvin — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-21** House Hopper
- **2018-02-22** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2018-02-23** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2018-03-05** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-05** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2018-03-05** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2018-03-07** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-12** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-12** 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 495 `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/66e15aab-0347-474d-99c0-276552fee5ba`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).