---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revenue and taxation; tax credits; include any census tract in a county that contains a federal military installation and industrial park"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 48-7-40.1 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to tax credits for business enterprises in less developed areas, so as to include any census tract that in a county that contains a certain federal military installation and also contains an industrial park that is owned and operated by a governmental entity; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2017_18"
identifier: "HB 843"
citation: "Georgia HB 843 (2017_18)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Al Williams", "Barry Fleming", "Dave Belton", "Jason Shaw", "Richard Smith", "Shaw Blackmon"]
version_count: 0
action_count: 17
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2018-02-06"
last_action: "2018-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e6f05b82-46d9-4636-a9a1-94f00dc42f7a"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "d94cfc2b938b64ec3b716b4bf8a3dd73b6f68df7752d57c00fecce6d1d8c49af"
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 843 (2017_18) — Revenue and taxation; tax credits; include any census tract in a county that contains a federal military installation and industrial park

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 48-7-40.1 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to tax credits for business enterprises in less developed areas, so as to include any census tract that in a county that contains a certain federal military installation and also contains an industrial park that is owned and operated by a governmental entity; 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.


## Votes

- PASSAGE — **173–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Al Williams — primary (person)
- Barry Fleming — primary (person)
- Dave Belton — primary (person)
- Jason Shaw — primary (person)
- Richard Smith — primary (person)
- Shaw Blackmon — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-06** House Hopper
- **2018-02-07** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2018-02-08** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2018-02-14** House Withdrawn, Recommitted `withdrawal, referral-committee`
- **2018-02-20** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-28** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2018-02-28** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2018-03-01** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-07** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-09** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2018-03-21** Senate Engrossed `passage`
- **2018-03-21** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2018-03-21** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2018-04-03** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-05-03** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2018-05-03** Act 378 `executive-signature`
- **2018-07-01** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e6f05b82-46d9-4636-a9a1-94f00dc42f7a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).