republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2025-26/sb-349.md

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Bill	Hancock County; levy an excise tax pursuant to subsection (b) of Code Section 48-13-51 of the O.C.G.A.; authorize the governing authority	A BILL to be entitled an Act to authorize the governing authority of Hancock 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	SB 349	Georgia SB 349 (2025_26)	bill		enacted	David Lucas	4	13	2	2025-03-20	2026-05-12	openstates	ocd-bill/0f43f9be-f5f4-473d-9168-3bdad1f06d79	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	3c9f495ad6b75f05c64d76246e16307c07ad6ad5c42423fa3a838825c8af0859	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia SB 349 (2025_26) — Hancock County; levy an excise tax pursuant to subsection (b) of Code Section 48-13-51 of the O.C.G.A.; authorize the governing authority

A BILL to be entitled an Act to authorize the governing authority of Hancock 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. As Passed Senate (committee substitute) — source
2. As introduced LC 47 3624 (committee substitute) — source
3. SB 349 Local Ad (committee substitute) — source
4. SB 349/AP* (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Senate Vote #291 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 52–0 (pass) · upper
• House Vote #734 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 153–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• David Lucas — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-03-20 Senate Hopper introduction
• 2025-03-20 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2025-03-27 Senate Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-03-27 Senate Passed/Adopted passage
• 2025-03-28 House First Readers reading-1
• 2025-03-31 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2026-03-20 House Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-03-20 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2026-03-20 House Passed/Adopted passage
• 2026-04-10 Senate Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2026-05-12 Senate Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2026-05-12 Act 696 executive-signature
• 2026-05-12 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/0f43f9be-f5f4-473d-9168-3bdad1f06d79. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).