republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2015-16/hb-867.md

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Bill	Thomasville, City of; levy an excise tax	A BILL to be entitled an Act to authorize the governing authority of the City of Thomasville 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 867	Georgia HB 867 (2015_16)	bill		enacted	Amy Carter Darlene Taylor Dean Burke Sam Watson	2	13	1	2016-01-28	2016-04-27	openstates	ocd-bill/ead9a1c5-c6e3-4e25-8bbd-1c5b05b787c0	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	1ca1d19c8a9fefb6a6d89fc6e680e5f1e83b6a2d27f8d9b7345d1b853951baac	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia HB 867 (2015_16) — Thomasville, City of; levy an excise tax

A BILL to be entitled an Act to authorize the governing authority of the City of Thomasville 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 867/AP* (committee substitute) — source
2. LC 40 1005/a (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Local Calendar — 153–1 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Amy Carter — primary (person)
• Darlene Taylor — primary (person)
• Dean Burke — primary (person)
• Sam Watson — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2016-01-28 House Hopper
• 2016-02-01 House First Readers reading-1
• 2016-02-02 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2016-02-04 House Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2016-02-04 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2016-02-04 House Passed/Adopted passage
• 2016-02-08 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2016-02-19 Senate Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2016-02-19 Senate Passed/Adopted passage
• 2016-03-28 House Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2016-04-27 House Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2016-04-27 Act 462 executive-signature
• 2016-04-27 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/ead9a1c5-c6e3-4e25-8bbd-1c5b05b787c0. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).