---
type: "Bill"
title: "Sylvania, City of; levy an excise tax"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to authorize the governing authority of the City of Sylvania 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 305"
citation: "Georgia HB 305 (2019_20)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jon Burns"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2019-02-14"
last_action: "2019-04-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/773e05cc-e225-4b0e-9bbd-450753c2f8cc"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "1e2ee8134a4f00ac23b7a5b3b0fb30c97004ea037f3fa27b9aff9ac52cce6551"
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 305 (2019_20) — Sylvania, City of; levy an excise tax

A BILL to be entitled an Act to authorize the governing authority of the City of Sylvania 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 305/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/183694.pdf)
2. **LC 45 0163/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/181458.pdf)
3. **Local Ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/181541.pdf)

## Votes

- Local Calendar — **157–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Jon Burns — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-14** House Hopper
- **2019-02-15** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2019-02-19** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2019-02-22** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-22** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2019-02-22** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2019-02-25** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-28** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-28** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2019-04-04** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-04-30** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-04-30** Act 77 `executive-signature`
- **2019-04-30** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/773e05cc-e225-4b0e-9bbd-450753c2f8cc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).