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type: "Bill"
title: "Cobb County; tax commissioner and certain employees; change compensation"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act consolidating the offices of tax collector and tax receiver into the office of tax commissioner of Cobb County, approved February 17, 1949 (Ga. L. 1949, p. 790), as amended, so as to change the compensation of the tax commissioner and certain employees of such office; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2025_26"
identifier: "HB 847"
citation: "Georgia HB 847 (2025_26)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Devan Seabaugh", "John Carson", "Jordan Ridley", "Lisa Campbell", "Mekyah McQueen", "Terry Cummings"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-03-25"
last_action: "2026-05-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/eb7b3f40-6331-4bf9-901b-0e5463575a33"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "6cf3c198ec52d668f774f4b054332f63ac38b47b71911edc6e8f13ed562ef1b9"
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 847 (2025_26) — Cobb County; tax commissioner and certain employees; change compensation
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend an Act consolidating the offices of tax collector and tax receiver into the office of tax commissioner of Cobb County, approved February 17, 1949 (Ga. L. 1949, p. 790), as amended, so as to change the compensation of the tax commissioner and certain employees of such office; 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 847/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/246933.pdf)
2. **LC 47 3507/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/237222.pdf)
3. **Local Ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/237349.pdf)
## Votes
- Senate Vote #761 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **44–0** (pass) · upper
- House Vote #342 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **165–0** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Devan Seabaugh — primary (person)
- John Carson — primary (person)
- Jordan Ridley — primary (person)
- Lisa Campbell — primary (person)
- Mekyah McQueen — primary (person)
- Terry Cummings — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2025-03-25** House Hopper `introduction`
- **2025-03-25** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2025-03-27** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2025-03-31** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-31** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2025-03-31** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2025-03-31** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-04** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-01-12** Senate Recommitted `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-20** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-20** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2026-04-06** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-05-11** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2026-05-11** Act 521 `executive-signature`
- **2026-05-11** Effective Date
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/eb7b3f40-6331-4bf9-901b-0e5463575a33`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).