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type: "Bill"
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title: "Income tax credit; certain scholarship organizations; increase amount of the aggregate cap on contributions"
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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 imposition, rate, computation, and exemptions from state income taxes, so as to increase the amount of the aggregate cap on contributions to certain scholarship organizations in order to receive income tax credits; 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: "2017_18"
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identifier: "HB 217"
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citation: "Georgia HB 217 (2017_18)"
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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", "Earl Ehrhart", "John Carson", "Ron Stephens", "Sam Teasley", "Trey Kelley"]
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version_count: 0
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action_count: 23
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2017-02-01"
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last_action: "2018-05-07"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/acd507cf-2d18-483f-ad1a-892d81094075"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "96f212e411fcfd189086913fd2470a40334d0305e947e395c92c5377b69ac2a9"
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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 217 (2017_18) — Income tax credit; certain scholarship organizations; increase amount of the aggregate cap on contributions
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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 imposition, rate, computation, and exemptions from state income taxes, so as to increase the amount of the aggregate cap on contributions to certain scholarship organizations in order to receive income tax credits; 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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## Votes
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- PASSAGE — **111–62** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- David Knight — primary (person)
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- Earl Ehrhart — primary (person)
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- John Carson — primary (person)
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- Ron Stephens — primary (person)
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- Sam Teasley — primary (person)
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- Trey Kelley — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2017-02-01** House Hopper
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- **2017-02-02** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2017-02-07** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2017-02-24** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2017-02-28** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2017-02-28** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2017-03-01** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2017-03-22** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2017-03-22** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2017-03-28** Senate Engrossed `passage`
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- **2017-03-28** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2017-03-28** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2017-03-30** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub As Amended
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- **2017-03-30** Senate Disagreed House Amend or Sub
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- **2018-02-01** House Insisted
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- **2018-02-01** House Conference Committee Appointed 46th, 171st, 36th
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- **2018-02-07** Senate Conference Committee Appointed 52nd, 21st, 1st
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- **2018-03-29** Senate Conference Committee Report Adopted
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- **2018-03-29** House Conference Committee Report Adopted
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- **2018-04-05** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2018-05-07** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2018-05-07** Act 424 `executive-signature`
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- **2018-05-07** 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/acd507cf-2d18-483f-ad1a-892d81094075`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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