republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2025-26/hb-855.md

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Bill	Thomasville, City of; excise tax; expenditure of certain proceeds; revise provisions	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act to authorize the governing authority of the City of Thomasville to levy an excise tax pursuant to subsection (b) of Code Section 48-13-51 of the O.C.G.A., approved April 27, 2016 (Ga. L. 2016, p. 3799), so as to revise provisions related to the expenditure of certain proceeds of such tax; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2025_26	HB 855	Georgia HB 855 (2025_26)	bill		enacted	Darlene Taylor	3	13	2	2025-03-25	2025-05-13	openstates	ocd-bill/e3e78dcf-3a55-4f26-bb61-fdb9a9f5c6a4	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	cf187f8a48a407a2fc5e2930115fe063a9d5d343922d724599ef2b63f7a85d49	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia HB 855 (2025_26) — Thomasville, City of; excise tax; expenditure of certain proceeds; revise provisions

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act to authorize the governing authority of the City of Thomasville to levy an excise tax pursuant to subsection (b) of Code Section 48-13-51 of the O.C.G.A., approved April 27, 2016 (Ga. L. 2016, p. 3799), so as to revise provisions related to the expenditure of certain proceeds of such tax; 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 855/AP* (committee substitute) — source
2. LC 47 3583/a (committee substitute) — source
3. Local Ad (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Senate Vote #400 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 55–1 (pass) · upper
• House Vote #342 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 165–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Darlene Taylor — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-03-25 House Hopper introduction
• 2025-03-25 House First Readers reading-1
• 2025-03-27 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2025-03-31 House Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-03-31 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2025-03-31 House Passed/Adopted passage
• 2025-03-31 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2025-04-02 Senate Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-04-02 Senate Passed/Adopted passage
• 2025-04-08 House Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2025-05-13 House Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2025-05-13 Act 242 executive-signature
• 2025-05-13 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/e3e78dcf-3a55-4f26-bb61-fdb9a9f5c6a4. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).