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| Bill | Income tax credit; certain scholarship organizations; increase amount of the aggregate cap on contributions | 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 imposition, rate, computation, and exemptions from state income taxes, so as to increase the amount of the aggregate cap on contributions to certain scholarship organizations in order to receive income tax credits; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. | us/states/ga | Georgia General Assembly | 2017_18 | HB 217 | Georgia HB 217 (2017_18) |
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Georgia HB 217 (2017_18) — Income tax credit; certain scholarship organizations; increase amount of the aggregate cap on contributions
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 imposition, rate, computation, and exemptions from state income taxes, so as to increase the amount of the aggregate cap on contributions to certain scholarship organizations in order to receive income tax credits; 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.
Votes
- PASSAGE — 111–62 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
- David Knight — primary (person)
- Earl Ehrhart — primary (person)
- John Carson — primary (person)
- Ron Stephens — primary (person)
- Sam Teasley — primary (person)
- Trey Kelley — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2017-02-01 House Hopper
- 2017-02-02 House First Readers
reading-1 - 2017-02-07 House Second Readers
reading-2 - 2017-02-24 House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute
committee-passage-favorable - 2017-02-28 House Third Readers
reading-3 - 2017-02-28 House Passed/Adopted By Substitute
passage - 2017-03-01 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 Agreed Senate Amend or Sub As Amended
- 2017-03-30 Senate Disagreed House Amend or Sub
- 2018-02-01 House Insisted
- 2018-02-01 House Conference Committee Appointed 46th, 171st, 36th
- 2018-02-07 Senate Conference Committee Appointed 52nd, 21st, 1st
- 2018-03-29 Senate Conference Committee Report Adopted
- 2018-03-29 House Conference Committee Report Adopted
- 2018-04-05 House Sent to Governor
executive-receipt - 2018-05-07 House Date Signed by Governor
executive-signature - 2018-05-07 Act 424
executive-signature - 2018-05-07 Effective Date
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/acd507cf-2d18-483f-ad1a-892d81094075. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).