---
type: "Bill"
title: "Jefferson County Hospital Authority; ad valorem tax; provide for a nonbinding advisory referendum"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide for a nonbinding advisory referendum for the purpose of ascertaining whether the electors of Jefferson County desire the Jefferson County Board of Commissioners to levy an ad valorem tax for the purpose of paying for Jefferson County Hospital Authority's services and facilities and to retire hospital debt; to provide for legislative purposes and findings; to provide for procedures and requirements relating thereto; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2017_18"
identifier: "SB 13"
citation: "Georgia SB 13 (2017_18)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jesse Stone"]
version_count: 0
action_count: 15
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2017-01-09"
last_action: "2017-02-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9ab9246b-8433-4d4b-a3fb-16e9ef97c83e"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "1da05827bce1f752c643049bf0b7f4e72b175e40eb65d714342aa8e766de9ac9"
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 SB 13 (2017_18) — Jefferson County Hospital Authority; ad valorem tax; provide for a nonbinding advisory referendum

A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide for a nonbinding advisory referendum for the purpose of ascertaining whether the electors of Jefferson County desire the Jefferson County Board of Commissioners to levy an ad valorem tax for the purpose of paying for Jefferson County Hospital Authority's services and facilities and to retire hospital debt; to provide for legislative purposes and findings; to provide for procedures and requirements relating thereto; 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 CONSENT CALENDAR — **46–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Jesse Stone — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-09** Senate Hopper
- **2017-01-10** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2017-01-11** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-01-12** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2017-01-12** Senate Transmitted House
- **2017-01-23** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2017-01-24** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2017-01-30** House Committee Favorably Reported As Amended `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-01-30** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2017-01-30** House Passed/Adopted As Amended `passage`
- **2017-01-31** Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
- **2017-02-02** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-02-02** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2017-02-02** Act 2 `executive-signature`
- **2017-02-02** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9ab9246b-8433-4d4b-a3fb-16e9ef97c83e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).