---
type: "Bill"
title: "DeKalb County; taxes, fees, and assessments; change certain provisions"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act creating one or more community improvement districts within DeKalb County, approved May 13, 2008 (Ga. L. 2008, p. 3817), as amended, so as to change certain provisions relating to taxes, fees, and assessments; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2017_18"
identifier: "HB 449"
citation: "Georgia HB 449 (2017_18)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Meagan Hanson", "Scott Holcomb", "Tom Taylor"]
version_count: 0
action_count: 13
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2017-02-21"
last_action: "2017-03-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b19067ec-dbae-42ed-b76e-6bab6ef32674"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "7b6ac3b708836972fceeceb1dc58ab8a87fb2ae7d20a90718a68e399b9df6109"
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 449 (2017_18) — DeKalb County; taxes, fees, and assessments; change certain provisions

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act creating one or more community improvement districts within DeKalb County, approved May 13, 2008 (Ga. L. 2008, p. 3817), as amended, so as to change certain provisions relating to taxes, fees, and assessments; 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.


## Votes

- Local & Supplemental Local Calendar — **157–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Meagan Hanson — primary (person)
- Scott Holcomb — primary (person)
- Tom Taylor — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-21** House Hopper
- **2017-02-21** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2017-02-22** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2017-03-06** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-06** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2017-03-06** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2017-03-09** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-13** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-13** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2017-03-16** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-03-16** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2017-03-16** Act 8 `executive-signature`
- **2017-03-16** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b19067ec-dbae-42ed-b76e-6bab6ef32674`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).