2025-2026 Regular Session

HB1216

Revenue and taxation; require that any excise tax on rooms, lodgings, and accommodations be remitted to the Department of Revenue for disbursement

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 require that any excise tax on rooms, lodgings, and accommodations be remitted to the Department of Revenue for disbursement; to provide for the submission of contracts and memoranda of understanding to facilitate such disbursement; to provide for an itemized list of approved expenditures accompanying each disbursement; to provide for rules, regulations, and forms; to provide for conforming changes; to provide for an effective date and applicability; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Current disposition

Pending: House Ways and Means

Last status date

February 9, 2026

Last status update

House Second Readers

Pending committee

Ways and Means

Author

Ron Stephens

Co-sponsors

Gerald GreeneKasey CarpenterKatie DempseyAnissa JonesLehman Franklin