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type: "Bill"
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title: "\"Georgia Tax Credit Business Case Act\""
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 3 of Chapter 5 of Title 28 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to fiscal bills generally, so as to require an economic analysis to be conducted by the state auditor of certain income tax credits and exemptions from sales and use taxes according to a schedule; to provide for a short title; 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: "2019_20"
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identifier: "SB 120"
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citation: "Georgia SB 120 (2019_20)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Bill Cowsert", "Bill Heath", "Burt Jones", "Chuck Payne", "Chuck Hufstetler", "Jack Hill", "John Albers", "John Kennedy", "Kay Kirkpatrick", "Matt Brass", "Mike Dugan", "Randy Robertson", "Steve Gooch", "Zahra Karinshak"]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 16
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2019-02-15"
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last_action: "2019-05-10"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a286333c-d0b4-4e08-a967-0c2cb63cda18"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "680dfab7fbdba5929cb58529b70bb0905a2dae5558597d53fb0e0023206d8cd4"
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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 SB 120 (2019_20) — "Georgia Tax Credit Business Case Act"
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 3 of Chapter 5 of Title 28 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to fiscal bills generally, so as to require an economic analysis to be conducted by the state auditor of certain income tax credits and exemptions from sales and use taxes according to a schedule; to provide for a short title; 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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1. **As introduced LC 34 5497** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/181697.pdf)
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2. **As passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/183461.pdf)
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3. **Committee sub LC 43 1276S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/182425.pdf)
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4. **LC 43 1398S/hss** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/186327.pdf)
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5. **SB 120/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/187431.pdf)
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## Votes
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- PASSAGE BY SUBSTITUTE — **53–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Bill Cowsert — primary (person)
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- Bill Heath — primary (person)
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- Burt Jones — primary (person)
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- Chuck Payne — primary (person)
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- Chuck Hufstetler — primary (person)
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- Jack Hill — primary (person)
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- John Albers — primary (person)
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- John Kennedy — primary (person)
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- Kay Kirkpatrick — primary (person)
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- Matt Brass — primary (person)
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- Mike Dugan — primary (person)
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- Randy Robertson — primary (person)
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- Steve Gooch — primary (person)
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- Zahra Karinshak — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2019-02-15** Senate Hopper
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- **2019-02-19** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2019-02-22** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2019-02-25** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2019-03-01** Senate Engrossed `passage`
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- **2019-03-01** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2019-03-01** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2019-03-04** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2019-03-05** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2019-03-28** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2019-03-29** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2019-03-29** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2019-04-02** Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
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- **2019-04-09** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2019-05-10** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2019-05-10** Veto V12 `executive-signature`
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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/a286333c-d0b4-4e08-a967-0c2cb63cda18`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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