republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2023-24/sb-299.md

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Bill	City of Port Wentworth; to levy an excise tax; authorize	A BILL to be entitled an Act to authorize the governing authority of the City of Port Wentworth 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	2023_24	SB 299	Georgia SB 299 (2023_24)	bill		enacted	Derek Mallow	4	13	2	2023-03-13	2024-01-30	openstates	ocd-bill/6f84de29-e54e-470b-ade7-089b5b75c0b2	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	885f57c23451c6d57cf1001ec30160d96cc74b5e6f1729fda8a5512e032a6d94	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia SB 299 (2023_24) — City of Port Wentworth; to levy an excise tax; authorize

A BILL to be entitled an Act to authorize the governing authority of the City of Port Wentworth 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. As introduced LC 46 0618 (committee substitute) — source
2. As passed Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. SB 299 ad (committee substitute) — source
4. SB 299/AP* (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• House Vote #404 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — 154–0 (pass) · lower
• Senate Vote #239 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — 50–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Derek Mallow — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-03-13 Senate Hopper introduction
• 2023-03-14 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2023-03-16 Senate Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-03-16 Senate Passed/Adopted passage
• 2023-03-20 House First Readers reading-1
• 2023-03-21 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2024-01-25 House Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-01-25 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2024-01-25 House Passed/Adopted passage
• 2024-01-30 Senate Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2024-01-30 Senate Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2024-01-30 Act 355 executive-signature
• 2024-01-30 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/6f84de29-e54e-470b-ade7-089b5b75c0b2. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).