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type: "Bill"
title: "Georgia New Markets Jobs Act; enact"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 1 of Title 33 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions regarding insurance, so as to establish qualified low-income community investment; to provide for a short title; to provide for definitions; to provide that certain entities may earn credit against state premium tax liability; to provide for certification of qualified equity investments; to provide for recapture of credit claimed under certain circumstances; to provide for certain refundable fees; to provide for a retaliatory tax; to provide for decertification; to provide for an effective date and applicability; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2015_16"
identifier: "HB 439"
citation: "Georgia HB 439 (2015_16)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["David Knight", "Jason Shaw", "Matt Hatchett", "Patty Bentley", "Stacey Abrams", "Terry England"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 17
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2015-02-20"
last_action: "2015-05-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e6f5c3d4-e58b-45d4-9ec1-ca88fa461880"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "ed8301c12330d0a994059106128483f60dc59d904336338429a9f56401af6bf2"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ga"]
---
# Georgia HB 439 (2015_16) — Georgia New Markets Jobs Act; enact
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 1 of Title 33 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions regarding insurance, so as to establish qualified low-income community investment; to provide for a short title; to provide for definitions; to provide that certain entities may earn credit against state premium tax liability; to provide for certification of qualified equity investments; to provide for recapture of credit claimed under certain circumstances; to provide for certain refundable fees; to provide for a retaliatory tax; to provide for decertification; 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 37 0292** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/153681.pdf)
2. **HB 439/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/153926.pdf)
3. **LC 37 1932ER/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/148821.pdf)
4. **LC 37 1964ERS/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/150789.pdf)
5. **LC 37 1964ERS/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/150083.pdf)
6. **Sen ctee sub LC 37 2010ERS** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/152463.pdf)
## Votes
- PASSAGE — **15118** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- David Knight — primary (person)
- Jason Shaw — primary (person)
- Matt Hatchett — primary (person)
- Patty Bentley — primary (person)
- Stacey Abrams — primary (person)
- Terry England — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2015-02-20** House Hopper
- **2015-02-23** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2015-02-24** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2015-03-04** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2015-03-11** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2015-03-11** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2015-03-13** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2015-03-26** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2015-03-26** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2015-03-27** Senate Engrossed `passage`
- **2015-03-27** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2015-03-27** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2015-04-02** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub As Amended
- **2015-04-02** Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
- **2015-04-14** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2015-05-12** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2015-05-12** Veto V2 `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e6f5c3d4-e58b-45d4-9ec1-ca88fa461880`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).