---
type: "Bill"
title: "Walker County; authorize governing authority to levy an excise tax; procedures, conditions, and limitations; provide"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to authorize the governing authority of Walker 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 an effective date; 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: "SB 480"
citation: "Georgia SB 480 (2017_18)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jeff Mullis"]
version_count: 0
action_count: 13
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2018-02-26"
last_action: "2018-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3d5d0338-c2a1-48aa-a974-f836e5b7f424"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "4e730df41df46123c2da927fe6742e74dd25bce7c0b9a2d021f4e5b0b27c1bbc"
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 480 (2017_18) — Walker County; authorize governing authority to levy an excise tax; procedures, conditions, and limitations; provide

A BILL to be entitled an Act to authorize the governing authority of Walker 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 an effective date; 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 CONSENT CALENDAR — **46–2** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Jeff Mullis — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-26** Senate Hopper
- **2018-02-28** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-09** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-09** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **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`
- **2018-04-05** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-05-08** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2018-05-08** Act 534 `executive-signature`
- **2018-07-01** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3d5d0338-c2a1-48aa-a974-f836e5b7f424`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).