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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Income tax credit; creating quality jobs; add definition of taxpayer"
+description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 48-7-40.17 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to a tax credit for creating quality jobs, so as to add a definition of taxpayer; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
+legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
+session: "2015_16"
+identifier: "HB 922"
+citation: "Georgia HB 922 (2015_16)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Brett Harrell", "Bruce Williamson", "Christian Coomer", "David Knight", "Trey Kelley", "Virgil Fludd"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 18
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2016-02-04"
+last_action: "2016-05-03"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e8756113-8f0e-4c11-8d43-cc1679a1ea5b"
+source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
+source_hash: "3253f70f4df5f08a423fafc55149af7006a32f4185b93b9888b47092519684d4"
+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 922 (2015_16) — Income tax credit; creating quality jobs; add definition of taxpayer
+
+A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 48-7-40.17 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to a tax credit for creating quality jobs, so as to add a definition of taxpayer; 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 922/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/162067.pdf)
+2. **LC 34 4801/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/156572.pdf)
+3. **LC 34 4843S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/157821.pdf)
+4. **LC 34 4857S/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/159273.pdf)
+5. **LC 34 4857S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/158394.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **171–1** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Brett Harrell — primary (person)
+- Bruce Williamson — primary (person)
+- Christian Coomer — primary (person)
+- David Knight — primary (person)
+- Trey Kelley — primary (person)
+- Virgil Fludd — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2016-02-04** House Hopper
+- **2016-02-08** House First Readers `reading-1`
+- **2016-02-09** House Second Readers `reading-2`
+- **2016-02-17** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2016-02-18** House Withdrawn, Recommitted `referral-committee, withdrawal`
+- **2016-02-23** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2016-02-29** House Third Readers `reading-3`
+- **2016-02-29** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
+- **2016-03-02** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
+- **2016-03-10** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2016-03-11** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
+- **2016-03-22** Senate Engrossed `passage`
+- **2016-03-22** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
+- **2016-03-22** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
+- **2016-03-29** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2016-05-03** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2016-05-03** Act 619 `executive-signature`
+- **2016-05-03** Effective Date
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e8756113-8f0e-4c11-8d43-cc1679a1ea5b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
+