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type: "Bill"
title: "Tax Relief Act of 2021; enact"
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 tax, so as to increase the amount of the standard deduction from state taxable income for individuals; to provide for a short title; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date and applicability; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2021_22"
identifier: "HB 593"
citation: "Georgia HB 593 (2021_22)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bruce Williamson", "Charles Martin", "David Knight", "Jason Ridley", "Ron Stephens", "Shaw Blackmon"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 17
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-02-22"
last_action: "2021-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e86ef155-a77f-4d9b-b19d-59a0509fd0e6"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "b10d29f39b89adf9ae0444b45aefa0336b2c35951afddfa59f79a77d42ad2b28"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ga"]
---
# Georgia HB 593 (2021_22) — Tax Relief Act of 2021; enact
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 tax, so as to increase the amount of the standard deduction from state taxable income for individuals; to provide for a short title; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date and applicability; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Fiscal Note LC 43 1928** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/199295.pdf)
2. **HB 593/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/200767.pdf)
3. **LC 43 1928/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/198371.pdf)
## Votes
- PASSAGE — **1710** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Bruce Williamson — primary (person)
- Charles Martin — primary (person)
- David Knight — primary (person)
- Jason Ridley — primary (person)
- Ron Stephens — primary (person)
- Shaw Blackmon — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2021-02-22** House Hopper
- **2021-02-23** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2021-02-24** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2021-02-26** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-03** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2021-03-03** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2021-03-05** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-16** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-17** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2021-03-18** Senate Engrossed `passage`
- **2021-03-18** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2021-03-18** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2021-03-18** Senate Transmitted House
- **2021-03-18** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-03-22** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-03-22** Act 6 `executive-signature`
- **2021-07-01** Effective Date
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e86ef155-a77f-4d9b-b19d-59a0509fd0e6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).