--- type: "Bill" title: "Fairburn, City of; levy an excise tax" description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to authorize the governing authority of the City of Fairburn 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: "2025_26" identifier: "HB 534" citation: "Georgia HB 534 (2025_26)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: [] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: ["Derrick Jackson", "Lydia Glaize"] version_count: 3 action_count: 13 vote_count: 2 first_action: "2025-02-19" last_action: "2025-05-13" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/81037ed8-3c55-48bb-8aff-7786de5fc7e6" source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl" source_hash: "2faa526b34da6c14d07b2a76cde1e7cb753a89f3929857d547958c3d02001881" 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 534 (2025_26) — Fairburn, City of; levy an excise tax A BILL to be entitled an Act to authorize the governing authority of the City of Fairburn 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 534/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/236159.pdf) 2. **LC 61 0079/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/232982.pdf) 3. **Local Ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/233002.pdf) ## Votes - Senate Vote #229 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **48–0** (pass) · upper - House Vote #148 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **172–0** (pass) · lower ## Sponsors - Derrick Jackson — primary (person) - Lydia Glaize — primary (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2025-02-19** House Hopper `introduction` - **2025-02-20** House First Readers `reading-1` - **2025-02-21** House Second Readers `reading-2` - **2025-03-04** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable` - **2025-03-04** House Third Readers `reading-3` - **2025-03-04** House Passed/Adopted `passage` - **2025-03-06** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee` - **2025-03-13** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable` - **2025-03-13** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage` - **2025-04-07** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt` - **2025-05-13** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature` - **2025-05-13** Act 146 `executive-signature` - **2025-05-13** Effective Date ## Source OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/81037ed8-3c55-48bb-8aff-7786de5fc7e6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).