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Bill Garden City Charm and Tourism Act; enact A BILL to be entitled an Act to authorize the governing authority of Augusta-Richmond County to levy an excise tax pursuant to subsection (b) of Code Section 48-13-51 of the O.C.G.A.; to provide for procedures, conditions, and limitations; to provide a short title; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. us/states/ga Georgia General Assembly 2025_26 HB 498 Georgia HB 498 (2025_26)
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Karlton Howard
L.C. Myles
Lynn Heffner
Mark Newton
3 13 2 2025-02-18 2025-05-13 openstates ocd-bill/ad29d363-28da-416e-b2f0-deb1e056d0eb http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl 07970a9469946890ea58d7039c616f73c37f059b46a7a454080474935cce1c4e 2026-07-01 https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump 2026-07-06 reported
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Georgia HB 498 (2025_26) — Garden City Charm and Tourism Act; enact

A BILL to be entitled an Act to authorize the governing authority of Augusta-Richmond County to levy an excise tax pursuant to subsection (b) of Code Section 48-13-51 of the O.C.G.A.; to provide for procedures, conditions, and limitations; to provide a short title; 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 498/AP* (committee substitute) — source
  2. LC 47 3390/a (committee substitute) — source
  3. Local Ad (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • House Vote #58 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 1700 (pass) · lower
  • Senate Vote #106 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 511 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

  • Brian Prince — primary (person)
  • Karlton Howard — primary (person)
  • L.C. Myles — primary (person)
  • Lynn Heffner — primary (person)
  • Mark Newton — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2025-02-18 House Hopper introduction
  • 2025-02-19 House First Readers reading-1
  • 2025-02-20 House Second Readers reading-2
  • 2025-02-21 House Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
  • 2025-02-21 House Third Readers reading-3
  • 2025-02-21 House Passed/Adopted passage
  • 2025-02-24 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
  • 2025-02-28 Senate Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
  • 2025-02-28 Senate Passed/Adopted passage
  • 2025-04-07 House Sent to Governor executive-receipt
  • 2025-05-13 House Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
  • 2025-05-13 Act 144 executive-signature
  • 2025-05-13 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/ad29d363-28da-416e-b2f0-deb1e056d0eb. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).