---
type: "Bill"
title: "Cherokee County; levy an excise tax"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to authorize the governing authority of Cherokee 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: "2025_26"
identifier: "HB 755"
citation: "Georgia HB 755 (2025_26)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brad Thomas", "Don Parsons", "Jan Jones", "Jordan Ridley", "Mandi Ballinger", "Mitchell Scoggins"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-03-11"
last_action: "2025-05-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/58e9e4f0-8bb5-49c1-be1c-d5b9a8b84924"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "e6c1483fde009c49e987a5e2f6068fbb8a9282f352b4a74e450a302bf7f6cfbb"
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 755 (2025_26) — Cherokee County; levy an excise tax

A BILL to be entitled an Act to authorize the governing authority of Cherokee 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 755/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/238029.pdf)
2. **LC 47 3314/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/235878.pdf)
3. **Local Ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/235903.pdf)

## Votes

- House Vote #302 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **170–0** (pass) · lower
- Senate Vote #313 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **53–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Brad Thomas — primary (person)
- Don Parsons — primary (person)
- Jan Jones — primary (person)
- Jordan Ridley — primary (person)
- Mandi Ballinger — primary (person)
- Mitchell Scoggins — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-03-11** House Hopper `introduction`
- **2025-03-13** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2025-03-18** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2025-03-25** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-25** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2025-03-25** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2025-03-27** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-28** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-28** 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 168 `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/58e9e4f0-8bb5-49c1-be1c-d5b9a8b84924`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).