republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2015-16/hb-936.md

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Bill	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.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2015_16	HB 936	Georgia HB 936 (2015_16)	bill		enacted	Brett Harrell Bruce Williamson David Knight Geoff Duncan Jay Powell Ron Stephens	4	20	1	2016-02-08	2016-07-01	openstates	ocd-bill/6be5f081-6c3d-4906-ae9a-7a182368432c	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	e3659ed8c80dc704a57510f8c393c42df7f087f577f368f6cff298b3f484d2d9	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	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
2. HB 936/AP* (committee substitute) — source
3. LC 34 4796ER/a (committee substitute) — source
4. Sen ctee sub LC 34 4944ERS (committee substitute) — source

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; origin ocd-bill/6be5f081-6c3d-4906-ae9a-7a182368432c. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).