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type: "Bill"
title: "Stockbridge, City of; levy an excise tax"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to authorize the governing authority of the City of Stockbridge 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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2015_16"
identifier: "HB 294"
citation: "Georgia HB 294 (2015_16)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Andrew Welch", "Brian Strickland", "David Knight", "Demetrius Douglas", "Pam Stephenson", "Roger Rutledge"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 13
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2015-02-10"
last_action: "2015-05-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/60f93c71-d131-4204-b7d7-36be5745426f"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "6f4cd0e3c1498553f4984c4816eb924bbdc2576193feb61e58fe570fec5c8776"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ga"]
---
# Georgia HB 294 (2015_16) — Stockbridge, City of; levy an excise tax
A BILL to be entitled an Act to authorize the governing authority of the City of Stockbridge 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. **HB 294/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/149577.pdf)
2. **LC 28 7337/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/147384.pdf)
## Votes
- Local Calendar — **1540** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Andrew Welch — primary (person)
- Brian Strickland — primary (person)
- David Knight — primary (person)
- Demetrius Douglas — primary (person)
- Pam Stephenson — primary (person)
- Roger Rutledge — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2015-02-10** House Hopper
- **2015-02-11** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2015-02-12** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2015-02-17** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2015-02-17** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2015-02-17** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2015-02-18** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2015-02-24** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2015-02-24** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2015-04-06** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2015-05-06** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2015-05-06** Act 139 `executive-signature`
- **2015-05-06** Effective Date
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/60f93c71-d131-4204-b7d7-36be5745426f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).