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type: "Bill"
title: "Georgia Musical Investment Act; enact"
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, rate, and computation of and exemptions from state income taxes, so as to create an income tax credit for certain expenditures by a production company related to certain state certified musical or theatrical productions or recorded musical performances; to provide for rules and regulations and an application process related to such income tax credit; to provide for certain conditions and limitations; to provide for definitions; to provide a short title; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2017_18"
identifier: "HB 155"
citation: "Georgia HB 155 (2017_18)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Amy Carter", "Bert Reeves", "Lee Hawkins", "Matt Hatchett", "Ron Stephens", "Spencer Frye"]
version_count: 0
action_count: 18
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2017-01-26"
last_action: "2018-01-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a9fc829c-f98b-4cc8-b555-e6489c04041e"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "8604419d3775d0b9411e4c2cc033c0a57a8ade85049365b602f6bd6800f2270d"
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 155 (2017_18) — Georgia Musical Investment Act; enact
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, rate, and computation of and exemptions from state income taxes, so as to create an income tax credit for certain expenditures by a production company related to certain state certified musical or theatrical productions or recorded musical performances; to provide for rules and regulations and an application process related to such income tax credit; to provide for certain conditions and limitations; to provide for definitions; to provide a short title; 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.
## Votes
- PASSAGE — **15711** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Amy Carter — primary (person)
- Bert Reeves — primary (person)
- Lee Hawkins — primary (person)
- Matt Hatchett — primary (person)
- Ron Stephens — primary (person)
- Spencer Frye — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2017-01-26** House Hopper
- **2017-01-30** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2017-01-31** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2017-02-27** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-03** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2017-03-03** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2017-03-03** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-24** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-24** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2017-03-28** Senate Engrossed `passage`
- **2017-03-28** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2017-03-28** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2017-03-30** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub As Amended
- **2017-03-30** Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
- **2017-04-07** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-05-08** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2017-05-08** Act 223 `executive-signature`
- **2018-01-01** Effective Date
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a9fc829c-f98b-4cc8-b555-e6489c04041e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).