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type: "Bill"
title: "Jefferson County; Board of Commissioners; levy additional ad valorem tax; provide nonbinding advisory referendum"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide for a nonbinding advisory referendum for the purpose of ascertaining whether the electors of Jefferson County desire the Jefferson County Board of Commissioners to levy an additional ad valorem tax for the purpose of realizing additional tax revenue to provide payment for Jefferson County Hospital Authority's services and facilities and to retire hospital debt; to provide for legislative purposes and findings; to provide for procedures and requirements relating thereto; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2017_18"
identifier: "HB 31"
citation: "Georgia HB 31 (2017_18)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brian Prince", "Mack Jackson"]
version_count: 0
action_count: 15
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2017-01-09"
last_action: "2017-01-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/51c55747-01db-4dde-af42-c498796d1ebf"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "151ae23e056dad154501c161acce9fdaec358b3db06078139f02ba8811bb875f"
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 31 (2017_18) — Jefferson County; Board of Commissioners; levy additional ad valorem tax; provide nonbinding advisory referendum
A BILL to be entitled an Act to provide for a nonbinding advisory referendum for the purpose of ascertaining whether the electors of Jefferson County desire the Jefferson County Board of Commissioners to levy an additional ad valorem tax for the purpose of realizing additional tax revenue to provide payment for Jefferson County Hospital Authority's services and facilities and to retire hospital debt; to provide for legislative purposes and findings; to provide for procedures and requirements relating thereto; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
## Votes
- Local Calendar — **1570** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Brian Prince — primary (person)
- Mack Jackson — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2017-01-09** House Hopper
- **2017-01-10** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2017-01-11** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2017-01-12** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-01-12** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2017-01-12** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2017-01-12** House Immediately Transmitted to Senate
- **2017-01-12** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2017-01-23** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-01-23** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2017-01-23** Senate Transmitted House
- **2017-01-24** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-01-24** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2017-01-24** Act 1 `executive-signature`
- **2017-01-24** Effective Date
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/51c55747-01db-4dde-af42-c498796d1ebf`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).