republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2025-26/hb-328.md

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Bill	Revenue and taxation; increase annual aggregate limit for tax credits available for certain contributions to student scholarship organizations	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 income tax imposition, rate, computation, exemptions, and credits, so as to increase the annual aggregate limit for tax credits available for certain contributions to student scholarship organizations; to increase the time allowed after being preapproved to make the contributions; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date and applicability; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2025_26	HB 328	Georgia HB 328 (2025_26)	bill	EDUCATION INSURANCE REVENUE AND TAXATION	enacted	Houston Gaines Jason Ridley John Carson Kasey Carpenter Martin Momtahan Scott Hilton	7	19	6	2025-02-06	2026-05-11	openstates	ocd-bill/73a2dcb0-d87c-4101-bb8e-239e3df794d2	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	b9421667ee13950d72cff0e4535101139f4167ca0c5e8e124a06688cb6e60caa	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia HB 328 (2025_26) — Revenue and taxation; increase annual aggregate limit for tax credits available for certain contributions to student scholarship organizations

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 income tax imposition, rate, computation, exemptions, and credits, so as to increase the annual aggregate limit for tax credits available for certain contributions to student scholarship organizations; to increase the time allowed after being preapproved to make the contributions; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date and 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.

1. Floor Amendment AM 49 0333 (committee substitute) — source
2. HB 328/AP* (committee substitute) — source
3. LC 50 1047/a (committee substitute) — source
4. LC 50 1204S/hcs (committee substitute) — source
5. LC 50 1204S/hs (committee substitute) — source
6. Sen Ctee Sub LC 59 0427S (committee substitute) — source
7. Sen Ctee Sub LC 59 0431S (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• House Vote #831 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 99–67 (pass) · lower
• Senate Vote #800 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 32–19 (pass) · upper
• Senate Vote #973 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 30–22 (pass) · upper
• Senate Vote #802 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 30–20 (pass) · upper
• Senate Vote #972 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 30–22 (pass) · upper
• House Vote #267 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 98–75 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Houston Gaines — primary (person)
• Jason Ridley — primary (person)
• John Carson — primary (person)
• Kasey Carpenter — primary (person)
• Martin Momtahan — primary (person)
• Scott Hilton — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-02-06 House Hopper introduction
• 2025-02-10 House First Readers reading-1
• 2025-02-11 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2025-03-03 House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-03-06 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2025-03-06 House Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2025-03-10 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2026-03-18 Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-03-19 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2026-03-20 Senate Recommitted referral-committee
• 2026-03-23 Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-03-25 Senate Engrossed passage
• 2026-03-25 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2026-03-25 Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2026-03-31 House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub As Amended
• 2026-04-02 Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
• 2026-04-10 House Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2026-05-11 House Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2026-05-11 Act 463 executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/73a2dcb0-d87c-4101-bb8e-239e3df794d2. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).