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type: "Bill"
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title: "Georgia Employer GED Tax Credit Act of 2015; enact"
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description: "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, computation, and rate of and exemptions from state income taxes, so as to revise the amount of the adult basic skills education program tax credit; to provide for procedures, conditions, and limitations; to provide an aggregate cap on the amount of the tax credit; to provide for a short title; to provide for an effective date and for applicability; 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 63"
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citation: "Georgia HB 63 (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: ["Brooks Coleman", "James Epps", "Kevin Tanner", "Stacey Evans", "Terry England", "Tom Dickson"]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 19
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2015-01-14"
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last_action: "2015-05-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4660469d-467e-4060-a974-3a8dd2a16972"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "eddcf166889b96a2145039b89a69471a21b5175d9e4f34ac0757b14ea27e76d2"
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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 63 (2015_16) — Georgia Employer GED Tax Credit Act of 2015; enact
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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, computation, and rate of and exemptions from state income taxes, so as to revise the amount of the adult basic skills education program tax credit; to provide for procedures, conditions, and limitations; to provide an aggregate cap on the amount of the tax credit; to provide for a short title; to provide for an effective date and for applicability; 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. **HB 63/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/153843.pdf)
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2. **LC 34 4348/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/145486.pdf)
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3. **LC 34 4431S/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/149145.pdf)
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4. **LC 34 4431S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/148164.pdf)
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5. **Sen ctee sub LC 34 4669S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/152731.pdf)
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## Votes
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- PASSAGE — **170–1** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Brooks Coleman — primary (person)
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- James Epps — primary (person)
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- Kevin Tanner — primary (person)
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- Stacey Evans — primary (person)
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- Terry England — primary (person)
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- Tom Dickson — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2015-01-14** House Hopper
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- **2015-01-15** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2015-01-26** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2015-02-17** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2015-02-20** House Postponed
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- **2015-02-23** House Postponed
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- **2015-02-24** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2015-02-24** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2015-02-25** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2015-03-27** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2015-03-27** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2015-03-31** Senate Engrossed `passage`
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- **2015-03-31** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2015-03-31** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2015-04-02** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
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- **2015-04-09** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2015-05-01** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2015-05-01** Act 44 `executive-signature`
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- **2015-05-01** Effective Date
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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/4660469d-467e-4060-a974-3a8dd2a16972`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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