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type: "Bill"
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title: "Hall County; levy an excise tax"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to authorize the governing authority of Hall County to levy an excise tax pursuant to subsection (b) of Code Section 48-13-51 of the O.C.G.A.; to provide for procedures, conditions, and limitations; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
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legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
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session: "2025_26"
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identifier: "HB 896"
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citation: "Georgia HB 896 (2025_26)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Brent Cox", "David Clark", "Emory Dunahoo", "Lee Hawkins", "Matt Dubnik", "Soo Hong"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 15
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2025-03-31"
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last_action: "2026-05-12"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5da47a7f-8522-489e-abad-cabfa824a987"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "a5d9eb962e3e86f0b7be00a2e4ba45763faeaac23157edcb06e0c100076ae436"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ga"]
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---
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# Georgia HB 896 (2025_26) — Hall County; levy an excise tax
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to authorize the governing authority of Hall County to levy an excise tax pursuant to subsection (b) of Code Section 48-13-51 of the O.C.G.A.; to provide for procedures, conditions, and limitations; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **HB 896/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/240488.pdf)
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2. **LC 47 3606/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/238457.pdf)
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3. **Local Ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/238467.pdf)
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## Votes
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- House Vote #434 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **112–59** (pass) · lower
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- Senate Vote #501 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **46–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Brent Cox — primary (person)
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- David Clark — primary (person)
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- Emory Dunahoo — primary (person)
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- Lee Hawkins — primary (person)
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- Matt Dubnik — primary (person)
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- Soo Hong — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-03-31** House Hopper `introduction`
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- **2025-03-31** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2025-04-02** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2025-04-04** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-04-04** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2025-04-04** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2025-04-04** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2025-04-04** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2026-01-12** Senate Recommitted `referral-committee`
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- **2026-01-27** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2026-01-27** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2026-04-06** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2026-05-12** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2026-05-12** Act 657 `executive-signature`
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- **2026-05-12** Effective Date
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5da47a7f-8522-489e-abad-cabfa824a987`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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