---
type: "Bill"
title: "Hall County; levy an excise tax"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to authorize the governing authority of Hall 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 896"
citation: "Georgia HB 896 (2025_26)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brent Cox", "David Clark", "Emory Dunahoo", "Lee Hawkins", "Matt Dubnik", "Soo Hong"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-03-31"
last_action: "2026-05-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5da47a7f-8522-489e-abad-cabfa824a987"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "a5d9eb962e3e86f0b7be00a2e4ba45763faeaac23157edcb06e0c100076ae436"
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 896 (2025_26) — Hall County; levy an excise tax

A BILL to be entitled an Act to authorize the governing authority of Hall 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 896/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/240488.pdf)
2. **LC 47 3606/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/238457.pdf)
3. **Local Ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/238467.pdf)

## Votes

- House Vote #434 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **112–59** (pass) · lower
- Senate Vote #501 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **46–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Brent Cox — primary (person)
- David Clark — primary (person)
- Emory Dunahoo — primary (person)
- Lee Hawkins — primary (person)
- Matt Dubnik — primary (person)
- Soo Hong — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-03-31** House Hopper `introduction`
- **2025-03-31** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2025-04-02** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2025-04-04** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-04** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2025-04-04** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2025-04-04** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-04** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-01-12** Senate Recommitted `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-27** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-01-27** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2026-04-06** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-05-12** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2026-05-12** Act 657 `executive-signature`
- **2026-05-12** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5da47a7f-8522-489e-abad-cabfa824a987`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).