republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2019-20/hb-54.md

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Bill	Fitzgerald, City of; levy an excise tax	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act authorizing the governing authority of the City of Fitzgerald to levy an excise tax pursuant to subsection (b) of Code Section 48-13-51 of the O.C.G.A., approved May 8, 2018 (Ga. L. 2018, p. 4068), so as to align said Act with the provisions of general law and City of Fitzgerald's resolution related to the expenditure of funds from the levy of an excise tax on lodging; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2019_20	HB 54	Georgia HB 54 (2019_20)	bill		enacted	Clay Pirkle	3	13	1	2019-01-28	2019-04-02	openstates	ocd-bill/fdcfcad0-e47b-4d27-be76-1927595fb92f	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	e61f3dce1542a0c2dd20e11caaeb62de31b567e6e97f7be927cfbfd9830b6219	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia HB 54 (2019_20) — Fitzgerald, City of; levy an excise tax

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act authorizing the governing authority of the City of Fitzgerald to levy an excise tax pursuant to subsection (b) of Code Section 48-13-51 of the O.C.G.A., approved May 8, 2018 (Ga. L. 2018, p. 4068), so as to align said Act with the provisions of general law and City of Fitzgerald's resolution related to the expenditure of funds from the levy of an excise tax on lodging; 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 54/AP* (committee substitute) — source
2. LC 43 1106/a (committee substitute) — source
3. Local Ad (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Local Calendar Without — 155–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Clay Pirkle — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-01-28 House Hopper
• 2019-01-29 House First Readers reading-1
• 2019-01-30 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2019-02-06 House Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-02-06 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2019-02-06 House Passed/Adopted passage
• 2019-02-07 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2019-02-13 Senate Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-02-13 Senate Passed/Adopted passage
• 2019-03-29 House Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2019-04-02 House Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2019-04-02 Act 9 executive-signature
• 2019-04-02 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/fdcfcad0-e47b-4d27-be76-1927595fb92f. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).