republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2023-24/hb-1476.md

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Bill	Forsyth County; levy an excise tax	A BILL to be entitled an Act to authorize the governing authority of Forsyth 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 provide an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2023_24	HB 1476	Georgia HB 1476 (2023_24)	bill		enacted	Brent Cox Carter Barrett David Clark Lauren McDonald Rick Jasperse Todd Jones	3	13	2	2024-03-13	2024-05-06	openstates	ocd-bill/7cf91ff1-0bf6-44e6-9753-d72717d16767	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	1ac0ec62352379633d0d52e3c5b4ddb991b1acee3e371ba44fd71464984f2972	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia HB 1476 (2023_24) — Forsyth County; levy an excise tax

A BILL to be entitled an Act to authorize the governing authority of Forsyth 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 provide 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. HB 1476/AP* (committee substitute) — source
2. LC 47 2928/a (committee substitute) — source
3. Local Ad (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• House Vote #716 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — 163–6 (pass) · lower
• Senate Vote #761 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — 51–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Brent Cox — primary (person)
• Carter Barrett — primary (person)
• David Clark — primary (person)
• Lauren McDonald — primary (person)
• Rick Jasperse — primary (person)
• Todd Jones — primary (person)

Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

• 2024-03-13 House Hopper introduction
• 2024-03-14 House First Readers reading-1
• 2024-03-18 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2024-03-20 House Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-03-20 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2024-03-20 House Passed/Adopted passage
• 2024-03-21 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2024-03-26 Senate Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-03-26 Senate Passed/Adopted passage
• 2024-04-02 House Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2024-05-06 House Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2024-05-06 Act 682 executive-signature
• 2024-05-06 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/7cf91ff1-0bf6-44e6-9753-d72717d16767. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).