republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2015-16/hb-294.md

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Bill	Stockbridge, City of; levy an excise tax	A BILL to be entitled an Act to authorize the governing authority of the City of Stockbridge 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.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2015_16	HB 294	Georgia HB 294 (2015_16)	bill		enacted	Andrew Welch Brian Strickland David Knight Demetrius Douglas Pam Stephenson Roger Rutledge	2	13	1	2015-02-10	2015-05-06	openstates	ocd-bill/60f93c71-d131-4204-b7d7-36be5745426f	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	6f4cd0e3c1498553f4984c4816eb924bbdc2576193feb61e58fe570fec5c8776	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia HB 294 (2015_16) — Stockbridge, City of; levy an excise tax

A BILL to be entitled an Act to authorize the governing authority of the City of Stockbridge 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 294/AP* (committee substitute) — source
2. LC 28 7337/a (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Local Calendar — 154–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Andrew Welch — primary (person)
• Brian Strickland — primary (person)
• David Knight — primary (person)
• Demetrius Douglas — primary (person)
• Pam Stephenson — primary (person)
• Roger Rutledge — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2015-02-10 House Hopper
• 2015-02-11 House First Readers reading-1
• 2015-02-12 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2015-02-17 House Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2015-02-17 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2015-02-17 House Passed/Adopted passage
• 2015-02-18 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2015-02-24 Senate Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2015-02-24 Senate Passed/Adopted passage
• 2015-04-06 House Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2015-05-06 House Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2015-05-06 Act 139 executive-signature
• 2015-05-06 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/60f93c71-d131-4204-b7d7-36be5745426f. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).