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type: "Bill"
title: "DeKalb County; tax commissioner; election and filling of vacancies; change certain provisions"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act to abolish the offices of tax-receiver and tax-collector of DeKalb County, Georgia, and to create the office of County Tax-Commissioner of DeKalb County, Georgia, approved August 18, 1927 (Ga. L. 1927, p. 558), as amended, so as to change certain provisions relating to the election and filling of vacancies for the office of tax commissioner; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2023_24"
identifier: "HB 731"
citation: "Georgia HB 731 (2023_24)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Imani Barnes", "Karen Lupton", "Karla Drenner", "Long Tran", "Omari Crawford", "Rhonda Taylor"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-03-14"
last_action: "2023-05-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fc0d423d-5993-4839-b8bf-3e8f810e8a52"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "8a57e4cd0799d16e5fd8cfceb77710186bdf736a77b6b900cff019569a239168"
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 731 (2023_24) — DeKalb County; tax commissioner; election and filling of vacancies; change certain provisions
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act to abolish the offices of tax-receiver and tax-collector of DeKalb County, Georgia, and to create the office of County Tax-Commissioner of DeKalb County, Georgia, approved August 18, 1927 (Ga. L. 1927, p. 558), as amended, so as to change certain provisions relating to the election and filling of vacancies for the office of tax commissioner; 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 731/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/219990.pdf)
2. **LC 47 1908/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/217873.pdf)
3. **Local Ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/217915.pdf)
## Votes
- House Vote #263 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **164–0** (pass) · lower
- Senate Vote #338 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **52–0** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Imani Barnes — primary (person)
- Karen Lupton — primary (person)
- Karla Drenner — primary (person)
- Long Tran — primary (person)
- Omari Crawford — primary (person)
- Rhonda Taylor — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2023-03-14** House Hopper `introduction`
- **2023-03-15** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2023-03-16** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2023-03-21** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-21** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2023-03-21** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2023-03-23** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-29** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-29** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2023-04-05** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-03** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-03** Act 303 `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-03** Effective Date
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fc0d423d-5993-4839-b8bf-3e8f810e8a52`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).