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type: "Bill"
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title: "Revenue and taxation; penalties and interest in the event of military service in a combat zone; provide exemption"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 13 of Title 48 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to specific, business, and occupation taxes, so as to provide an exemption from penalties and interest in the event of military service in a combat zone; 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 840"
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citation: "Georgia HB 840 (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: ["Bill Hitchens", "Calvin Smyre", "Dave Belton", "John Deffenbaugh", "Terry Rogers"]
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version_count: 0
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action_count: 17
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2018-02-05"
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last_action: "2018-07-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f9a4e859-be3f-48ac-9620-4db39b3d75e6"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "d58a9814078380c6e51346ffe33917659c8034f7ad552fd6e337290e215dbf6c"
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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 840 (2017_18) — Revenue and taxation; penalties and interest in the event of military service in a combat zone; provide exemption
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 13 of Title 48 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to specific, business, and occupation taxes, so as to provide an exemption from penalties and interest in the event of military service in a combat zone; 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 — **166–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Bill Hitchens — primary (person)
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- Calvin Smyre — primary (person)
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- Dave Belton — primary (person)
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- John Deffenbaugh — primary (person)
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- Terry Rogers — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2018-02-05** House Hopper
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- **2018-02-06** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2018-02-07** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2018-02-15** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2018-02-22** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2018-02-22** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2018-02-23** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2018-03-07** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2018-03-09** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2018-03-27** Senate Tabled
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- **2018-03-29** Senate Taken from Table
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- **2018-03-29** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2018-03-29** 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 377 `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/f9a4e859-be3f-48ac-9620-4db39b3d75e6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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