republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2013-14/sb-137.md

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Bill	Income Tax; authorize the commissioner of economic development to designate areas as opportunity zones	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 authorize the commissioner of economic development to designate areas as opportunity zones; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2013_14	SB 137	Georgia SB 137 (2013_14)	bill		enacted	Charlie Bethel Rick Jeffares William Jackson	6	22	1	2013-02-08	2013-05-06	openstates	ocd-bill/0a03f17f-ad2c-4c5d-942a-dbae00b9343f	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	664eeb6a20796358d3d30bfceb24107dc463cb28da0f60680ddfebf8f5798240	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia SB 137 (2013_14) — Income Tax; authorize the commissioner of economic development to designate areas as opportunity zones

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 authorize the commissioner of economic development to designate areas as opportunity zones; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; 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. As introduced LC 34 3673-EC (committee substitute) — source
2. As passed Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. CCR to SB 137 LC 34 3919ER-ECS (committee substitute) — source
4. Committee sub LC 37 1559-ECS (committee substitute) — source
5. LC 34 3883-ECS/hss (committee substitute) — source
6. SB 137/AP* (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• PASSAGE BY SUBSTITUTE — 55–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Charlie Bethel — primary (person)
• Rick Jeffares — primary (person)
• William Jackson — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2013-02-08 Senate Hopper
• 2013-02-11 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2013-02-21 Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2013-02-22 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2013-02-27 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2013-02-27 Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2013-02-28 House First Readers reading-1
• 2013-03-01 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2013-03-21 House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2013-03-22 House Postponed
• 2013-03-25 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2013-03-25 House Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2013-03-26 Senate Disagreed House Amend or Sub
• 2013-03-26 House Insisted
• 2013-03-28 Senate Conference Committee Appointed 17th, 24th, 54th
• 2013-03-28 House Conference Committee Appointed 141st, 120th, 14th
• 2013-03-28 House Conference Committee Report Adopted
• 2013-03-28 Senate Conference Committee Report Adopted
• 2013-04-09 Senate Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2013-05-06 Senate Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2013-05-06 Act 213 executive-signature
• 2013-05-06 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/0a03f17f-ad2c-4c5d-942a-dbae00b9343f. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).