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| Bill | Income tax; all income received by individuals, corporations, and partnerships under the Farmer Bridge Assistance Program; exempt from taxation | 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, exemptions, and credits relative to income taxes, so as to exempt from taxation all income received by individuals, corporations, and partnerships under the Farmer Bridge Assistance Program of the United States Department of Agriculture; 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 | 2025_26 | HB 1159 | Georgia HB 1159 (2025_26) |
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Georgia HB 1159 (2025_26) — Income tax; all income received by individuals, corporations, and partnerships under the Farmer Bridge Assistance Program; exempt from taxation
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, exemptions, and credits relative to income taxes, so as to exempt from taxation all income received by individuals, corporations, and partnerships under the Farmer Bridge Assistance Program of the United States Department of Agriculture; 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.
- Fiscal Note (committee substitute) — source
- HB 1159/AP* (committee substitute) — source
- LC 59 0282-EC/a (committee substitute) — source
- LC 59 0350-ECS/hcs (committee substitute) — source
- LC 59 0350-ECS/hs (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- Senate Vote #729 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 30–20 (pass) · upper
- Senate Vote #733 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 51–0 (pass) · upper
- House Vote #615 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 170–2 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
- Bruce Williamson — primary (person)
- Devan Seabaugh — primary (person)
- Matthew Gambill — primary (person)
- Robert Dickey — primary (person)
- Shaw Blackmon — primary (person)
- Will Wade — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2026-02-02 House Hopper
introduction - 2026-02-03 House First Readers
reading-1 - 2026-02-04 House Second Readers
reading-2 - 2026-02-18 House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute
committee-passage-favorable - 2026-03-04 House Third Readers
reading-3 - 2026-03-04 House Passed/Adopted By Substitute
passage - 2026-03-06 Senate Read and Referred
referral-committee - 2026-03-12 Senate Committee Favorably Reported
committee-passage-favorable - 2026-03-16 Senate Read Second Time
reading-2 - 2026-03-18 Senate Engrossed
passage - 2026-03-18 Senate Third Read
reading-3 - 2026-03-18 Senate Passed/Adopted
passage - 2026-04-06 House Sent to Governor
executive-receipt - 2026-05-06 House Date Signed by Governor
executive-signature - 2026-05-06 Act 424
executive-signature
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/8eb1bf19-04f8-444d-a010-321f036d50a8. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).