---
type: "Bill"
title: "Liberty County; levy an excise tax"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to authorize the governing authority of Liberty County to levy an excise tax pursuant to subsection (b) of Code Section 48-13-51 of the O.C.G.A.; to provide for 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: "2021_22"
identifier: "HB 1370"
citation: "Georgia HB 1370 (2021_22)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Al Williams", "Ron Stephens"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2022-02-15"
last_action: "2022-04-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9fad2435-fff2-459e-af56-5c1d7220c342"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "1af47055395c0747024450f15746e7575fcae639c0dc65294000cbdee7863342"
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 1370 (2021_22) — Liberty County; levy an excise tax

A BILL to be entitled an Act to authorize the governing authority of Liberty County to levy an excise tax pursuant to subsection (b) of Code Section 48-13-51 of the O.C.G.A.; to provide for 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 1370/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/209779.pdf)
2. **LC 47 1343/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/206762.pdf)
3. **Local Ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/206789.pdf)

## Votes

- Local Calendar — **143–5** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Al Williams — primary (person)
- Ron Stephens — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-15** House Hopper
- **2022-02-15** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2022-02-17** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2022-02-22** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-22** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2022-02-22** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2022-02-22** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-17** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-17** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2022-04-06** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-04-18** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2022-04-18** Act 633 `executive-signature`
- **2022-04-18** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9fad2435-fff2-459e-af56-5c1d7220c342`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).