republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2025-26/hb-896.md

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Bill	Hall County; levy an excise tax	A BILL to be entitled an Act to authorize the governing authority of Hall 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 for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2025_26	HB 896	Georgia HB 896 (2025_26)	bill		enacted	Brent Cox David Clark Emory Dunahoo Lee Hawkins Matt Dubnik Soo Hong	3	15	2	2025-03-31	2026-05-12	openstates	ocd-bill/5da47a7f-8522-489e-abad-cabfa824a987	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	a5d9eb962e3e86f0b7be00a2e4ba45763faeaac23157edcb06e0c100076ae436	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia HB 896 (2025_26) — Hall County; levy an excise tax

A BILL to be entitled an Act to authorize the governing authority of Hall 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 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 896/AP* (committee substitute) — source
2. LC 47 3606/a (committee substitute) — source
3. Local Ad (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• House Vote #434 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 112–59 (pass) · lower
• Senate Vote #501 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 46–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Brent Cox — primary (person)
• David Clark — primary (person)
• Emory Dunahoo — primary (person)
• Lee Hawkins — primary (person)
• Matt Dubnik — primary (person)
• Soo Hong — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-03-31 House Hopper introduction
• 2025-03-31 House First Readers reading-1
• 2025-04-02 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2025-04-04 House Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-04-04 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2025-04-04 House Passed/Adopted passage
• 2025-04-04 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2025-04-04 Senate Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-01-12 Senate Recommitted referral-committee
• 2026-01-27 Senate Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-01-27 Senate Passed/Adopted passage
• 2026-04-06 House Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2026-05-12 House Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2026-05-12 Act 657 executive-signature
• 2026-05-12 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/5da47a7f-8522-489e-abad-cabfa824a987. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).