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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Income tax; wages necessary to qualify for a jobs tax credit; clarify certain terms"
+description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 2 of Chapter 7 of Title 48 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the imposition, rate, computation, and exemptions from income taxes, so as to clarify certain terms in respect to the wages necessary to qualify for a jobs tax credit; 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 936"
+citation: "Georgia HB 936 (2015_16)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Brett Harrell", "Bruce Williamson", "David Knight", "Geoff Duncan", "Jay Powell", "Ron Stephens"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 20
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2016-02-08"
+last_action: "2016-07-01"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6be5f081-6c3d-4906-ae9a-7a182368432c"
+source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
+source_hash: "e3659ed8c80dc704a57510f8c393c42df7f087f577f368f6cff298b3f484d2d9"
+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 936 (2015_16) — Income tax; wages necessary to qualify for a jobs tax credit; clarify certain terms
+
+A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 2 of Chapter 7 of Title 48 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the imposition, rate, computation, and exemptions from income taxes, so as to clarify certain terms in respect to the wages necessary to qualify for a jobs tax credit; 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. **Floor Amendment AM 34 0740** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/161949.pdf)
+2. **HB 936/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/162189.pdf)
+3. **LC 34 4796ER/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/156753.pdf)
+4. **Sen ctee sub LC 34 4944ERS** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/160763.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **166–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Brett Harrell — primary (person)
+- Bruce Williamson — primary (person)
+- David Knight — primary (person)
+- Geoff Duncan — primary (person)
+- Jay Powell — primary (person)
+- Ron Stephens — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2016-02-08** House Hopper
+- **2016-02-09** House First Readers `reading-1`
+- **2016-02-10** House Second Readers `reading-2`
+- **2016-02-17** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2016-02-29** House Third Readers `reading-3`
+- **2016-02-29** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
+- **2016-03-02** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
+- **2016-03-16** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2016-03-16** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
+- **2016-03-22** Senate Engrossed `passage`
+- **2016-03-22** Senate Tabled
+- **2016-03-24** Senate Taken from Table
+- **2016-03-24** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
+- **2016-03-24** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
+- **2016-03-24** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub As Amended
+- **2016-03-25** Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
+- **2016-04-05** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2016-04-27** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2016-04-27** Act 480 `executive-signature`
+- **2016-07-01** Effective Date
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6be5f081-6c3d-4906-ae9a-7a182368432c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
+