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type: "Bill"
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title: "Excise tax; rooms, lodgings, and accommodations; clarify application of certain provisions to certain municipalities"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 3 of Chapter 13 of Title 48 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to an excise tax on rooms, lodging, and accommodations, so as to clarify the application of certain provisions to certain municipalities; to provide for conditions and limitations; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
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legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
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session: "2015_16"
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identifier: "HB 408"
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citation: "Georgia HB 408 (2015_16)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Brad Raffensperger", "Harry Geisinger", "Joe Wilkinson", "Wendell Willard"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 24
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2015-02-19"
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last_action: "2016-07-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c0ba08ac-fa60-4d62-ba5d-0e7a34c2ac74"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "015c8495faabec5fbb97ec8c504b44a12918601b52ea656342b3eacc4d63a26c"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ga"]
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---
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# Georgia HB 408 (2015_16) — Excise tax; rooms, lodgings, and accommodations; clarify application of certain provisions to certain municipalities
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 3 of Chapter 13 of Title 48 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to an excise tax on rooms, lodging, and accommodations, so as to clarify the application of certain provisions to certain municipalities; to provide for conditions and limitations; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **HB 408/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/162305.pdf)
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2. **LC 34 4521/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/148506.pdf)
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3. **Sen ctee sub LC 34 4917S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/159602.pdf)
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## Votes
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- PASSAGE — **170–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Brad Raffensperger — primary (person)
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- Harry Geisinger — primary (person)
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- Joe Wilkinson — primary (person)
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- Wendell Willard — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2015-02-19** House Hopper
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- **2015-02-20** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2015-02-23** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2015-03-09** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2015-03-11** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2015-03-11** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2015-03-13** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2015-03-27** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2015-03-27** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2015-03-31** Senate Engrossed `passage`
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- **2015-03-31** Senate Tabled
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- **2016-01-11** Senate Taken from Table
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- **2016-01-11** Senate Recommitted `referral-committee`
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- **2016-03-08** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2016-03-22** Senate Engrossed `passage`
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- **2016-03-22** Senate Tabled
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- **2016-03-24** Senate Taken from Table
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- **2016-03-24** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2016-03-24** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2016-03-24** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
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- **2016-04-01** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2016-04-26** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2016-04-26** Act 396 `executive-signature`
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- **2016-07-01** Effective Date
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c0ba08ac-fa60-4d62-ba5d-0e7a34c2ac74`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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