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type: "Bill"
title: "Excise Tax; procedures for certain local governments to change the designated private sector nonprofit organization; provide"
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 excise tax on rooms, lodgings, and accommodations, so as to provide procedures for certain local governments to change the designated private sector nonprofit organization engaged to promote tourism, conventions, and trade shows for such jurisdiction; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2023_24"
identifier: "SB 127"
citation: "Georgia SB 127 (2023_24)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Billy Hickman"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 17
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-02-08"
last_action: "2023-04-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fc772587-1c13-47bd-a67c-825c57131e60"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "9c6e53631f9433ba57b6b233bf9074418c23f3695ec8b8abf69e0e9e6aadcbff"
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 SB 127 (2023_24) — Excise Tax; procedures for certain local governments to change the designated private sector nonprofit organization; provide
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 excise tax on rooms, lodgings, and accommodations, so as to provide procedures for certain local governments to change the designated private sector nonprofit organization engaged to promote tourism, conventions, and trade shows for such jurisdiction; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; 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. **As introduced LC 47 2163** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/214157.pdf)
2. **As passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/214158.pdf)
3. **SB 127/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/219946.pdf)
## Votes
- House Vote #320 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **161–4** (pass) · lower
- Senate Vote #163 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **50–2** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Billy Hickman — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2023-02-08** Senate Hopper `introduction`
- **2023-02-09** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-27** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-28** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2023-03-06** Senate Tabled
- **2023-03-06** Senate Taken from Table
- **2023-03-06** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2023-03-06** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2023-03-07** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2023-03-08** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2023-03-16** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-27** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2023-03-27** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2023-04-05** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-25** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-04-25** Act 24 `executive-signature`
- **2023-04-25** Effective Date
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fc772587-1c13-47bd-a67c-825c57131e60`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).