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| Bill | Public Education Innovation Fund Foundation; receive private donations for grants to public schools; provisions | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 20 and Title 48 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to education and to revenue and taxation, respectively, so as to authorize the Public Education Innovation Fund Foundation to receive private donations to be used for grants to public schools; to provide for grant criteria; to provide for an income tax credit for qualified education donations; to provide for conditions and limitations; to provide for powers, duties, and authority of the state revenue commissioner with respect to such donations; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; to provide for applicability; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. | us/states/ga | Georgia General Assembly | 2017_18 | HB 237 | Georgia HB 237 (2017_18) |
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Georgia HB 237 (2017_18) — Public Education Innovation Fund Foundation; receive private donations for grants to public schools; provisions
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 20 and Title 48 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to education and to revenue and taxation, respectively, so as to authorize the Public Education Innovation Fund Foundation to receive private donations to be used for grants to public schools; to provide for grant criteria; to provide for an income tax credit for qualified education donations; to provide for conditions and limitations; to provide for powers, duties, and authority of the state revenue commissioner with respect to such donations; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; to provide for 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.
Votes
- PASSAGE — 165–1 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
- Brooks Coleman — primary (person)
- David Casas — primary (person)
- James Epps — primary (person)
- Joyce Chandler — primary (person)
- Randy Nix — primary (person)
- Terry England — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2017-02-02 House Hopper
- 2017-02-07 House First Readers
reading-1 - 2017-02-08 House Second Readers
reading-2 - 2017-02-21 House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute
committee-passage-favorable - 2017-02-24 House Third Readers
reading-3 - 2017-02-24 House Passed/Adopted By Substitute
passage - 2017-02-27 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 Tabled
- 2017-03-30 Senate Taken from Table
- 2017-03-30 Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute
passage - 2017-03-30 House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
- 2017-04-05 House Sent to Governor
executive-receipt - 2017-04-27 House Date Signed by Governor
executive-signature - 2017-04-27 Act 32
executive-signature - 2017-04-27 Effective Date
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/52fb6e6c-cfe2-4a9b-b0c5-172d587d783d. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).