---
type: "Bill"
title: "Euharlee, City of; levy an excise tax"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to authorize the governing authority of the City of Euharlee 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 568"
citation: "Georgia HB 568 (2025_26)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Matthew Gambill", "Mitchell Scoggins"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-02-21"
last_action: "2025-05-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/23319cb3-000e-4a23-b71a-947e4d7c97e5"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "f8c1136487b3b4517f73ac34294a3ef473676230193e243dcd55b9282f24c382"
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 568 (2025_26) — Euharlee, City of; levy an excise tax

A BILL to be entitled an Act to authorize the governing authority of the City of Euharlee 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 568/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/235710.pdf)
2. **LC 47 3432/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/233392.pdf)
3. **Local Ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/233403.pdf)

## Votes

- Senate Vote #221 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **43–1** (pass) · upper
- House Vote #99 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **169–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Matthew Gambill — primary (person)
- Mitchell Scoggins — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-21** House Hopper `introduction`
- **2025-02-24** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2025-02-26** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2025-02-27** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-27** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2025-02-27** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2025-02-28** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-10** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-10** 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 203 `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/23319cb3-000e-4a23-b71a-947e4d7c97e5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).