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Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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type: "Bill"
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title: "Georgia New Markets Jobs Act; enact"
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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."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
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legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
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session: "2015_16"
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identifier: "HB 439"
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citation: "Georgia HB 439 (2015_16)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["David Knight", "Jason Shaw", "Matt Hatchett", "Patty Bentley", "Stacey Abrams", "Terry England"]
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version_count: 6
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action_count: 17
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2015-02-20"
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last_action: "2015-05-12"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e6f5c3d4-e58b-45d4-9ec1-ca88fa461880"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "ed8301c12330d0a994059106128483f60dc59d904336338429a9f56401af6bf2"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ga"]
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---
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# Georgia HB 439 (2015_16) — Georgia New Markets Jobs Act; enact
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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.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Floor Amendment - AM 37 0292** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/153681.pdf)
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2. **HB 439/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/153926.pdf)
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3. **LC 37 1932ER/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/148821.pdf)
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4. **LC 37 1964ERS/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/150789.pdf)
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5. **LC 37 1964ERS/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/150083.pdf)
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6. **Sen ctee sub LC 37 2010ERS** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/152463.pdf)
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## Votes
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- PASSAGE — **151–18** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- David Knight — primary (person)
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- Jason Shaw — primary (person)
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- Matt Hatchett — primary (person)
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- Patty Bentley — primary (person)
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- Stacey Abrams — primary (person)
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- Terry England — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2015-02-20** House Hopper
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- **2015-02-23** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2015-02-24** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2015-03-04** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2015-03-11** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2015-03-11** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2015-03-13** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2015-03-26** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2015-03-26** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2015-03-27** Senate Engrossed `passage`
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- **2015-03-27** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2015-03-27** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2015-04-02** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub As Amended
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- **2015-04-02** Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
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- **2015-04-14** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2015-05-12** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2015-05-12** Veto V2 `executive-signature`
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## Source
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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).
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