republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2023-24/sb-127.md

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Bill	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.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2023_24	SB 127	Georgia SB 127 (2023_24)	bill		enacted	Billy Hickman	3	17	2	2023-02-08	2023-04-25	openstates	ocd-bill/fc772587-1c13-47bd-a67c-825c57131e60	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	9c6e53631f9433ba57b6b233bf9074418c23f3695ec8b8abf69e0e9e6aadcbff	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	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
2. As passed Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. SB 127/AP* (committee substitute) — source

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; origin ocd-bill/fc772587-1c13-47bd-a67c-825c57131e60. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).