republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2015-16/hb-594.md

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type	title	description	jurisdiction	legislature	session	identifier	citation	classification	subjects	status	primary_sponsors	version_count	action_count	vote_count	first_action	last_action	source	source_identifier	source_url	source_hash	vintage	source_snapshot	retrieved_at	confidence	tags
Bill	Baldwin County; levy an excise tax	A BILL to be entitled an Act to authorize the governing authority of Baldwin County 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.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2015_16	HB 594	Georgia HB 594 (2015_16)	bill		enacted	Rusty Kidd	2	13	1	2015-03-11	2015-05-12	openstates	ocd-bill/b4e6c822-a2c2-4cc8-b515-3ee2a1744d8b	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	95619d7f4f566739d0878e7db3a44562a8a3b3a62960543782ac5fad2002c4c0	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia HB 594 (2015_16) — Baldwin County; levy an excise tax

A BILL to be entitled an Act to authorize the governing authority of Baldwin County 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 594/AP* (committee substitute) — source
2. LC 21 3722/a (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Local Calendar — 156–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Rusty Kidd — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2015-03-11 House Hopper
• 2015-03-13 House First Readers reading-1
• 2015-03-18 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2015-03-19 House Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2015-03-19 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2015-03-19 House Passed/Adopted passage
• 2015-03-20 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2015-03-24 Senate Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2015-03-24 Senate Passed/Adopted passage
• 2015-04-06 House Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2015-05-12 House Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2015-05-12 Act 262 executive-signature
• 2015-05-12 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/b4e6c822-a2c2-4cc8-b515-3ee2a1744d8b. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).