republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2017-18/hb-196.md

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Bill	Income tax; exemption for royalties paid to musical artists; provide	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 state income tax, so as to provide an exemption for royalties paid to musical artists; 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	2017_18	HB 196	Georgia HB 196 (2017_18)	bill		enacted	Amy Carter Bert Reeves Lee Hawkins Matt Dollar Ron Stephens Spencer Frye	0	26	1	2017-01-31	2017-07-01	openstates	ocd-bill/2c79e8fe-096f-4b51-a1a0-9ec23bc556a1	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	e2485d08d35f6e8fb349c42cac6a8b3e4aab639cefcf329a851e7ba7a1f6bab8	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia HB 196 (2017_18) — Income tax; exemption for royalties paid to musical artists; provide

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 state income tax, so as to provide an exemption for royalties paid to musical artists; 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.

Votes

• PASSAGE — 56–105 (fail) · lower

Sponsors

• Amy Carter — primary (person)
• Bert Reeves — primary (person)
• Lee Hawkins — primary (person)
• Matt Dollar — primary (person)
• Ron Stephens — primary (person)
• Spencer Frye — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-01-31 House Hopper
• 2017-02-01 House First Readers reading-1
• 2017-02-02 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2017-02-24 House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2017-03-03 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2017-03-03 House Third Reading Lost reading-3, failure
• 2017-03-03 House Reconsidered
• 2017-03-03 House Withdrawn, Recommitted withdrawal, referral-committee
• 2017-03-03 House Passed/Adopted Reconsidered Bill/Resolution By Substitute
• 2017-03-06 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2017-03-22 Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2017-03-22 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2017-03-28 Senate Engrossed passage
• 2017-03-28 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2017-03-28 Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2017-03-30 House Disagreed Senate Amend or Sub
• 2017-03-30 Senate Insisted
• 2017-03-30 House Insisted
• 2017-03-30 House Conference Committee Appointed 171st, 106th, 130th
• 2017-03-30 Senate Conference Committee Appointed 11th, 52nd, 36th
• 2017-03-30 Senate Conference Committee Report Adopted
• 2017-03-30 House Conference Committee Report Adopted
• 2017-04-07 House Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2017-04-25 House Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2017-04-25 Act 25 executive-signature
• 2017-07-01 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/2c79e8fe-096f-4b51-a1a0-9ec23bc556a1. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).