---
type: "Bill"
title: "Income tax; revise rates of taxation on income"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 7 of Title 48 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to income taxes, so as to revise the rates of taxation on income; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date and applicability; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2021_22"
identifier: "HB 1437"
citation: "Georgia HB 1437 (2021_22)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bruce Williamson", "Charles Martin", "Jan Jones", "Lauren McDonald", "Shaw Blackmon", "Terry England"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 24
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2022-02-24"
last_action: "2022-04-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/198b2618-8f6e-4572-b93d-765f2b1a8fd5"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "84098604c5c1d28440df7730fc7f899d46252ca074a9638c103c8005e29ec8b7"
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 1437 (2021_22) — Income tax; revise rates of taxation on income

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 7 of Title 48 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to income taxes, so as to revise the rates of taxation on income; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date and applicability; 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 1437/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/212207.pdf)
2. **LC 43 2318S/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/208837.pdf)
3. **LC 43 2318S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/208687.pdf)
4. **LC 43 2460S/CCR** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/212122.pdf)
5. **LC 47 1671/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/207530.pdf)
6. **Sen ctee sub LC 43 2421S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/210821.pdf)
7. **Sen ctee sub LC 43 2435S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/211299.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **115–52** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bruce Williamson — primary (person)
- Charles Martin — primary (person)
- Jan Jones — primary (person)
- Lauren McDonald — primary (person)
- Shaw Blackmon — primary (person)
- Terry England — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-24** House Hopper
- **2022-02-28** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2022-03-01** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2022-03-08** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-09** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2022-03-09** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2022-03-11** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-29** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-29** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2022-03-30** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2022-04-01** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-01** Senate Engrossed `passage`
- **2022-04-01** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2022-04-01** House Disagreed Senate Amend or Sub
- **2022-04-04** Senate Insisted
- **2022-04-04** House Insisted
- **2022-04-04** House Conference Committee Appointed 146th, 115th, 49th
- **2022-04-04** Senate Conference Committee Appointed 30th, 51st, 52nd
- **2022-04-04** House Conference Committee Report Adopted
- **2022-04-04** Senate Conference Committee Report Adopted
- **2022-04-07** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-04-26** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2022-04-26** Act 716 `executive-signature`
- **2022-04-26** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/198b2618-8f6e-4572-b93d-765f2b1a8fd5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).