---
type: "Bill"
title: "Coweta County; levy an excise tax"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to authorize the governing authority of Coweta 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: "2019_20"
identifier: "HB 625"
citation: "Georgia HB 625 (2019_20)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["David Stover", "Lynn Smith", "Robert Trammell"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2019-03-14"
last_action: "2019-04-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/39915176-15e9-4ea9-abcc-85048cac2d2f"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "fdc9455af6e4870de5100fadddd002f5f29f3337edc58475e15c6bc5d0185493"
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 625 (2019_20) — Coweta County; levy an excise tax

A BILL to be entitled an Act to authorize the governing authority of Coweta 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.

1. **HB 625/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/187043.pdf)
2. **LC 44 1199/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/184683.pdf)
3. **Local Ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/184701.pdf)

## Votes

- Local Calendar — **147–14** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- David Stover — primary (person)
- Lynn Smith — primary (person)
- Robert Trammell — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-03-14** House Hopper
- **2019-03-18** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2019-03-21** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2019-03-22** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-22** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2019-03-22** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2019-03-25** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-28** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-28** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2019-04-08** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-04-30** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-04-30** Act 88 `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/39915176-15e9-4ea9-abcc-85048cac2d2f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).