republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2015-16/hb-641.md

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type	title	description	jurisdiction	legislature	session	identifier	citation	classification	subjects	status	primary_sponsors	version_count	action_count	vote_count	first_action	last_action	source	source_identifier	source_url	source_hash	vintage	source_snapshot	retrieved_at	confidence	tags
Bill	Spalding County; levy an excise tax	A BILL to be entitled an Act to authorize the governing authority of Spalding County 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 641	Georgia HB 641 (2015_16)	bill		enacted	David Knight John Yates	2	13	1	2015-03-20	2016-04-26	openstates	ocd-bill/1ea415e7-15bc-4319-8890-90cf34e53b96	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	611c57a3e056631c457499955b311353a75cfdd698e90d615f3a3e32c2ef1476	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia HB 641 (2015_16) — Spalding County; levy an excise tax

A BILL to be entitled an Act to authorize the governing authority of Spalding County 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 641/AP* (committee substitute) — source
2. LC 21 3809/a (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Local Calendar — 152–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• David Knight — primary (person)
• John Yates — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2015-03-20 House Hopper
• 2015-03-23 House First Readers reading-1
• 2015-03-24 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2015-03-25 House Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2015-03-25 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2015-03-25 House Passed/Adopted passage
• 2015-03-26 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2016-02-02 Senate Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2016-02-02 Senate Passed/Adopted passage
• 2016-03-28 House Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2016-04-26 House Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2016-04-26 Act 428 executive-signature
• 2016-04-26 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/1ea415e7-15bc-4319-8890-90cf34e53b96. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).