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type: "Bill"
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title: "Income tax; retirement income is applicable as a retirement benefit from noncivilian service in the United States armed forces; clarify an exemption"
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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, rate, computation, and exemptions from state income tax, so as to clarify an exemption for retirement income is applicable to income received by a taxpayer as a retirement benefit from noncivilian service in the armed forces of the United States or the reserve components thereof; to provide an exemption for certain military retirement income for surviving family members; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date and 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 749"
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citation: "Georgia HB 749 (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: ["Calvin Smyre", "Dave Belton", "Richard Smith", "Roger Rutledge", "Ron Stephens", "Shaw Blackmon"]
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version_count: 0
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action_count: 16
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2018-01-25"
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last_action: "2018-07-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d89ba45c-2bd8-4bb3-89a7-c59e0c4a0342"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "492307eee88041be4bc130b251bfe5f8f7cf7470f50983a0211ad403b21a8039"
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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 749 (2017_18) — Income tax; retirement income is applicable as a retirement benefit from noncivilian service in the United States armed forces; clarify an exemption
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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, rate, computation, and exemptions from state income tax, so as to clarify an exemption for retirement income is applicable to income received by a taxpayer as a retirement benefit from noncivilian service in the armed forces of the United States or the reserve components thereof; to provide an exemption for certain military retirement income for surviving family members; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date and 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 — **170–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Calvin Smyre — primary (person)
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- Dave Belton — primary (person)
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- Richard Smith — primary (person)
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- Roger Rutledge — primary (person)
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- Ron Stephens — primary (person)
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- Shaw Blackmon — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2018-01-25** House Hopper
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- **2018-01-29** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2018-01-30** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2018-02-08** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2018-02-14** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2018-02-14** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2018-02-15** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2018-03-19** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2018-03-19** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2018-03-27** Senate Engrossed `passage`
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- **2018-03-27** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2018-03-27** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2018-04-03** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2018-05-03** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2018-05-03** Act 370 `executive-signature`
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- **2018-07-01** 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/d89ba45c-2bd8-4bb3-89a7-c59e0c4a0342`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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