republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2019-20/hb-563.md

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Bill	Stonecrest, City of; levy an excise tax	A BILL to be entitled an Act to authorize the governing authority of the City of Stonecrest 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	2019_20	HB 563	Georgia HB 563 (2019_20)	bill		enacted	Dar'shun Kendrick Doreen Carter Karen Bennett Pam Stephenson Vernon Jones Viola Davis	3	13	1	2019-03-04	2019-04-30	openstates	ocd-bill/51418156-e105-445a-80a1-deb56cf84566	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	9b9fab1ae33a215ec71b0f25a438e147847cc759ab85bad7a05d0cc7cec24d95	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia HB 563 (2019_20) — Stonecrest, City of; levy an excise tax

A BILL to be entitled an Act to authorize the governing authority of the City of Stonecrest 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 563/AP* (committee substitute) — source
2. LC 47 0105/a (committee substitute) — source
3. Local Ad (committee substitute) — source

Votes

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

Sponsors

• Dar'shun Kendrick — primary (person)
• Doreen Carter — primary (person)
• Karen Bennett — primary (person)
• Pam Stephenson — primary (person)
• Vernon Jones — primary (person)
• Viola Davis — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-03-04 House Hopper
• 2019-03-05 House First Readers reading-1
• 2019-03-07 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2019-03-11 House Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-03-11 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2019-03-11 House Passed/Adopted passage
• 2019-03-13 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2019-03-22 Senate Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-03-22 Senate Passed/Adopted passage
• 2019-04-08 House Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2019-04-30 House Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2019-04-30 Act 120 executive-signature
• 2019-04-30 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/51418156-e105-445a-80a1-deb56cf84566. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).