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type: "Bill"
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title: "Public Education Innovation Fund Foundation; receive private donations for grants to public schools; provisions"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 20 and Title 48 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to education and to revenue and taxation, respectively, so as to authorize the Public Education Innovation Fund Foundation to receive private donations to be used for grants to public schools; to provide for grant criteria; to provide for an income tax credit for qualified education donations; to provide for conditions and limitations; to provide for powers, duties, and authority of the state revenue commissioner with respect to such donations; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; to provide 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: "2017_18"
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identifier: "HB 237"
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citation: "Georgia HB 237 (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: ["Brooks Coleman", "David Casas", "James Epps", "Joyce Chandler", "Randy Nix", "Terry England"]
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version_count: 0
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action_count: 18
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2017-02-02"
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last_action: "2017-04-27"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/52fb6e6c-cfe2-4a9b-b0c5-172d587d783d"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "4cc26bfb31ea74d0a04c212e0f8bc37eb95636258c6bcd5149bc32d0e4cb94c1"
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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 237 (2017_18) — Public Education Innovation Fund Foundation; receive private donations for grants to public schools; provisions
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 20 and Title 48 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to education and to revenue and taxation, respectively, so as to authorize the Public Education Innovation Fund Foundation to receive private donations to be used for grants to public schools; to provide for grant criteria; to provide for an income tax credit for qualified education donations; to provide for conditions and limitations; to provide for powers, duties, and authority of the state revenue commissioner with respect to such donations; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; to provide 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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## Votes
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- PASSAGE — **165–1** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Brooks Coleman — primary (person)
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- David Casas — primary (person)
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- James Epps — primary (person)
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- Joyce Chandler — primary (person)
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- Randy Nix — 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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- **2017-02-02** House Hopper
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- **2017-02-07** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2017-02-08** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2017-02-21** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2017-02-24** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2017-02-24** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2017-02-27** 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 Tabled
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- **2017-03-30** Senate Taken from Table
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- **2017-03-30** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2017-03-30** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
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- **2017-04-05** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2017-04-27** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2017-04-27** Act 32 `executive-signature`
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- **2017-04-27** 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/52fb6e6c-cfe2-4a9b-b0c5-172d587d783d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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