republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2021-22/hb-32.md

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Bill	Income tax; teacher recruitment and retention program; provide tax credit	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 9 of Article 6 of Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the O.C.G.A., relating to grants for educational programs, so as to establish a teacher recruitment and retention program for a refundable income tax credit for teachers who agree to teach in certain rural schools or certain low-performing schools; to amend Article 2 of Chapter 7 of Title 48 of the O.C.G.A., relating to imposition, rate, computation, and exemptions from state income taxes, so as to provide for a refundable income tax credit for taxpayers who are participating teachers in said teacher recruitment and retention program; to provide for an effective date and applicability; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2021_22	HB 32	Georgia HB 32 (2021_22)	bill		enacted	Darlene Taylor Dave Belton Gerald Greene Jan Tankersley Lee Hawkins Randy Nix	7	23	1	2020-11-25	2021-07-01	openstates	ocd-bill/c78a6e6b-9022-4d52-9c06-63b7f569aa66	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	70caf792cda6aa3fb0a5ae46f18f495382a3f65e8be131f5a3d7ec634938e1d4	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia HB 32 (2021_22) — Income tax; teacher recruitment and retention program; provide tax credit

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 9 of Article 6 of Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the O.C.G.A., relating to grants for educational programs, so as to establish a teacher recruitment and retention program for a refundable income tax credit for teachers who agree to teach in certain rural schools or certain low-performing schools; to amend Article 2 of Chapter 7 of Title 48 of the O.C.G.A., relating to imposition, rate, computation, and exemptions from state income taxes, so as to provide for a refundable income tax credit for taxpayers who are participating teachers in said teacher recruitment and retention program; to provide for an effective date and applicability; 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 43 0201 (committee substitute) — source
2. HB 32/AP* (committee substitute) — source
3. LC 43 1950S/hcs (committee substitute) — source
4. LC 43 1950S/hs (committee substitute) — source
5. LC 49 0286/a (committee substitute) — source
6. LC 49 0286/pf (committee substitute) — source
7. Sen ctee sub LC 43 2019S (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• PASSAGE — 165–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Darlene Taylor — primary (person)
• Dave Belton — primary (person)
• Gerald Greene — primary (person)
• Jan Tankersley — primary (person)
• Lee Hawkins — primary (person)
• Randy Nix — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2020-11-25 House Prefiled introduction
• 2021-01-12 House Hopper
• 2021-01-13 House First Readers reading-1
• 2021-01-14 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2021-02-11 House Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-02-16 House Withdrawn, Recommitted referral-committee, withdrawal
• 2021-02-26 House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-03-03 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2021-03-03 House Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2021-03-05 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2021-03-25 Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-03-25 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2021-03-29 Senate Engrossed passage
• 2021-03-29 Senate Tabled
• 2021-03-29 Senate Taken from Table
• 2021-03-29 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2021-03-29 Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2021-03-31 House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub As Amended
• 2021-03-31 Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
• 2021-04-09 House Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2021-04-21 House Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2021-04-21 Act 27 executive-signature
• 2021-07-01 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/c78a6e6b-9022-4d52-9c06-63b7f569aa66. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).