---
type: "Bill"
title: "Savannah Music Commission Act; enact"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide for the creation of the Savannah Music Commission; to provide for a short title; to provide for findings; to provide for definitions; to provide for membership, terms of office, and vacancies; to confer powers and impose duties on the commission; to provide for bylaws; to provide for a quorum; to provide for audits; to provide for venue; to provide for tax exemptions from levy and sale; to provide for liberal construction; 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 762"
citation: "Georgia HB 762 (2025_26)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bill Hitchens", "Carl Gilliard", "Jesse Petrea", "Ron Stephens"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-03-11"
last_action: "2025-05-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e9d06c63-ef9c-435e-ad13-353359ad60f9"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "87eb5f1a9f5bbac17e0d6dfc258dc5928489428f733a3e127cd0ec8e5a8731c2"
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 762 (2025_26) — Savannah Music Commission Act; enact

A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide for the creation of the Savannah Music Commission; to provide for a short title; to provide for findings; to provide for definitions; to provide for membership, terms of office, and vacancies; to confer powers and impose duties on the commission; to provide for bylaws; to provide for a quorum; to provide for audits; to provide for venue; to provide for tax exemptions from levy and sale; to provide for liberal construction; 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 762/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/238034.pdf)
2. **LC 44 3090/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/235895.pdf)
3. **Local Ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/235908.pdf)

## Votes

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

## Sponsors

- Bill Hitchens — primary (person)
- Carl Gilliard — primary (person)
- Jesse Petrea — primary (person)
- Ron Stephens — 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`
- **2025-04-10** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-01** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-01** Act 48 `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-01** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e9d06c63-ef9c-435e-ad13-353359ad60f9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).