---
type: "Bill"
title: "Georgia Entertainment Industry Investment Act; move certain sound recordings from qualified production activities to production expenditures"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 48-7-40.26 of the O.C.G.A., relating to the \"Georgia Entertainment Industry Investment Act,\" so as to move certain sound recordings from qualified production activities to production expenditures; to provide for definitions; to provide for rules and regulations; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2019_20"
identifier: "HB 1037"
citation: "Georgia HB 1037 (2019_20)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Al Williams", "Deborah Silcox", "Matt Dollar", "Ron Stephens", "Spencer Frye"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 19
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2020-02-26"
last_action: "2021-01-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2a88dfb7-86ee-40cd-8114-e00fe4483aab"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "e8a747e74efd6222a73c17f36b1120849842302a98739af5c987f4fe2e846ee5"
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 1037 (2019_20) — Georgia Entertainment Industry Investment Act; move certain sound recordings from qualified production activities to production expenditures

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 48-7-40.26 of the O.C.G.A., relating to the "Georgia Entertainment Industry Investment Act," so as to move certain sound recordings from qualified production activities to production expenditures; to provide for definitions; to provide for rules and regulations; 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 1037/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/195277.pdf)
2. **LC 43 1588/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/191157.pdf)
3. **LC 43 1629S/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/193205.pdf)
4. **LC 43 1629S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/192722.pdf)
5. **Sen ctee sub LC 43 1686S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/194413.pdf)
6. **Sen ctee sub LC 43 1689S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/194799.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **156–10** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Al Williams — primary (person)
- Deborah Silcox — primary (person)
- Matt Dollar — primary (person)
- Ron Stephens — primary (person)
- Spencer Frye — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-02-26** House Hopper
- **2020-02-27** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2020-02-28** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2020-03-09** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-12** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2020-03-12** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2020-03-13** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2020-06-15** Senate Withdrawn & Recommitted `withdrawal, referral-committee`
- **2020-06-23** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-06-23** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2020-06-25** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-06-25** Senate Engrossed `passage`
- **2020-06-25** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2020-06-25** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2020-06-26** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
- **2020-07-02** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2020-08-04** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2020-08-04** Act 559 `executive-signature`
- **2021-01-01** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2a88dfb7-86ee-40cd-8114-e00fe4483aab`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).