republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2023-24/hb-461.md

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Bill	Revenue and taxation; proceeds of local government regulatory fees be used to pay for regulatory activity and not general operations; require	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 13 of Title 48 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions regarding specific, business, and occupation taxes, so as to require that the proceeds of local government regulatory fees be used to pay for regulatory activity and not general operations; to revise the list of professions which may be subject to such regulatory fees; to remove certain provisions authorizing calculation of regulatory fees for renovation and other construction projects; to provide for refunds in certain circumstances; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2023_24	HB 461	Georgia HB 461 (2023_24)	bill		enacted	Brad Thomas Clint Crowe Dale Washburn Martin Momtahan Vance Smith	6	19	4	2023-02-16	2024-07-01	openstates	ocd-bill/1eb01cbb-bc3c-4188-80f5-adf5d61a5352	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	cfb16305180db0d7907de01c309c65d314ce40dbfeb8303d844a95e4dbce8970	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia HB 461 (2023_24) — Revenue and taxation; proceeds of local government regulatory fees be used to pay for regulatory activity and not general operations; require

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 13 of Title 48 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions regarding specific, business, and occupation taxes, so as to require that the proceeds of local government regulatory fees be used to pay for regulatory activity and not general operations; to revise the list of professions which may be subject to such regulatory fees; to remove certain provisions authorizing calculation of regulatory fees for renovation and other construction projects; to provide for refunds in certain circumstances; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; 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 461/AP* (committee substitute) — source
2. LC 28 0575/a (committee substitute) — source
3. LC 50 0693S/hcs (committee substitute) — source
4. LC 50 0693S/hs (committee substitute) — source
5. Sen Ctee sub LC 50 0799S (committee substitute) — source
6. Sen Ctee sub LC 50 0837S (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Senate Vote #739 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — 46–4 (pass) · upper
• House Vote #459 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — 163–0 (pass) · lower
• Senate Vote #713 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — 32–16 (pass) · upper
• House Vote #845 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — 175–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Brad Thomas — primary (person)
• Clint Crowe — primary (person)
• Dale Washburn — primary (person)
• Martin Momtahan — primary (person)
• Vance Smith — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-02-16 House Hopper introduction
• 2023-02-16 House First Readers reading-1
• 2023-02-21 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2024-02-01 House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-02-12 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2024-02-12 House Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2024-02-13 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2024-02-27 Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-02-29 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2024-03-08 Senate Recommitted referral-committee
• 2024-03-13 Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-03-21 Senate Engrossed passage
• 2024-03-21 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2024-03-21 Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2024-03-28 House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
• 2024-04-03 House Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2024-05-06 House Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2024-05-06 Act 572 executive-signature
• 2024-07-01 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/1eb01cbb-bc3c-4188-80f5-adf5d61a5352. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).