Files
republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2015-16/hb-922.md
T
2026-07-06 17:26:56 -04:00

84 lines
3.9 KiB
Markdown
Raw Blame History

This file contains ambiguous Unicode characters
This file contains Unicode characters that might be confused with other characters. If you think that this is intentional, you can safely ignore this warning. Use the Escape button to reveal them.
---
type: "Bill"
title: "Income tax credit; creating quality jobs; add definition of taxpayer"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 48-7-40.17 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to a tax credit for creating quality jobs, so as to add a definition of taxpayer; 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 922"
citation: "Georgia HB 922 (2015_16)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brett Harrell", "Bruce Williamson", "Christian Coomer", "David Knight", "Trey Kelley", "Virgil Fludd"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 18
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2016-02-04"
last_action: "2016-05-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e8756113-8f0e-4c11-8d43-cc1679a1ea5b"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "3253f70f4df5f08a423fafc55149af7006a32f4185b93b9888b47092519684d4"
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 922 (2015_16) — Income tax credit; creating quality jobs; add definition of taxpayer
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 48-7-40.17 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to a tax credit for creating quality jobs, so as to add a definition of taxpayer; 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. **HB 922/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/162067.pdf)
2. **LC 34 4801/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/156572.pdf)
3. **LC 34 4843S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/157821.pdf)
4. **LC 34 4857S/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/159273.pdf)
5. **LC 34 4857S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/158394.pdf)
## Votes
- PASSAGE — **1711** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Brett Harrell — primary (person)
- Bruce Williamson — primary (person)
- Christian Coomer — primary (person)
- David Knight — primary (person)
- Trey Kelley — primary (person)
- Virgil Fludd — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2016-02-04** House Hopper
- **2016-02-08** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2016-02-09** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2016-02-17** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2016-02-18** House Withdrawn, Recommitted `referral-committee, withdrawal`
- **2016-02-23** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2016-02-29** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2016-02-29** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2016-03-02** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2016-03-10** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2016-03-11** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2016-03-22** Senate Engrossed `passage`
- **2016-03-22** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2016-03-22** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2016-03-29** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2016-05-03** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2016-05-03** Act 619 `executive-signature`
- **2016-05-03** Effective Date
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e8756113-8f0e-4c11-8d43-cc1679a1ea5b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).