---
type: "Bill"
title: "Jasper County; levy an excise tax"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to authorize the governing authority of Jasper 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 819"
citation: "Georgia HB 819 (2025_26)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dale Washburn"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-03-21"
last_action: "2025-05-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a5d55fbb-28cc-44f4-8737-f86fcc32a9e2"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "303770c41b1f31035228f9fe4741507ff692fb9de09642f14aefe0cfb6de5f7d"
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 819 (2025_26) — Jasper County; levy an excise tax

A BILL to be entitled an Act to authorize the governing authority of Jasper 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 819/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/239293.pdf)
2. **LC 47 3541/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/236895.pdf)
3. **Local Ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/236943.pdf)

## Votes

- Senate Vote #446 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **51–1** (pass) · upper
- House Vote #342 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **165–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Dale Washburn — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-03-21** House Hopper `introduction`
- **2025-03-25** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2025-03-27** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2025-03-31** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-31** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2025-03-31** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2025-03-31** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-04** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-04** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2025-04-10** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-13** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-13** Act 236 `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/a5d55fbb-28cc-44f4-8737-f86fcc32a9e2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).