---
type: "Bill"
title: "Blue Ridge, City of; levy an excise tax"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to authorize the governing authority of the City of Blue Ridge 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: "2019_20"
identifier: "HB 1162"
citation: "Georgia HB 1162 (2019_20)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["David Ralston"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2020-03-12"
last_action: "2020-06-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/53b2e6c0-3773-483b-a53a-d4f1041eaa7a"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "f9d16b4d4ca71d893b44e6e27d062bd3c5462f8cd44ec88c54f4dba2986964c9"
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 1162 (2019_20) — Blue Ridge, City of; levy an excise tax

A BILL to be entitled an Act to authorize the governing authority of the City of Blue Ridge 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.

1. **HB 1162/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/194409.pdf)
2. **LC 47 0445/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/193088.pdf)
3. **Local Ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/193107.pdf)

## Votes

- Local Calendar — **158–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- David Ralston — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-03-12** House Hopper
- **2020-03-12** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2020-03-13** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2020-06-16** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-06-16** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2020-06-16** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2020-06-17** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2020-06-20** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-06-20** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2020-06-29** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2020-06-29** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2020-06-29** Act 348 `executive-signature`
- **2020-06-29** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/53b2e6c0-3773-483b-a53a-d4f1041eaa7a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).