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type: "Bill"
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title: "Income tax; increase and extend a credit for expenditures on maintenance of railroad track owned or leased by Class III railroads"
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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 income tax imposition, rate, computation, exemptions, and credits, so as to increase and extend an income tax credit for expenditures on the maintenance of railroad track owned or leased by Class III railroads; 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: "2025_26"
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identifier: "HB 1070"
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citation: "Georgia HB 1070 (2025_26)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["PUBLIC UTILITIES AND TRANSPORTATION", "REVENUE AND TAXATION"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Brent Cox", "Gerald Greene", "Leesa Hagan", "Rick Jasperse", "Steve Tarvin"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 18
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vote_count: 5
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first_action: "2026-01-28"
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last_action: "2026-05-12"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/009d4cb6-7cc0-4144-831e-ed8581a94d09"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "372edc1c40b4fd05969edf4146e6bc183e892cb64ccad4ca2c8bad679babf93c"
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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 1070 (2025_26) — Income tax; increase and extend a credit for expenditures on maintenance of railroad track owned or leased by Class III railroads
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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 income tax imposition, rate, computation, exemptions, and credits, so as to increase and extend an income tax credit for expenditures on the maintenance of railroad track owned or leased by Class III railroads; 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. **HB 1070/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/248636.pdf)
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2. **LC 39 4886/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/240610.pdf)
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3. **Sen Ctee Sub LC 59 0447S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/246577.pdf)
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## Votes
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- Senate Vote #826 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **31–18** (pass) · upper
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- House Vote #810 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **139–26** (pass) · lower
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- House Vote #564 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **167–2** (pass) · lower
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- Senate Vote #868 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **44–3** (pass) · upper
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- Senate Vote #835 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **26–22** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Brent Cox — primary (person)
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- Gerald Greene — primary (person)
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- Leesa Hagan — primary (person)
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- Rick Jasperse — primary (person)
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- Steve Tarvin — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2026-01-28** House Hopper `introduction`
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- **2026-01-29** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2026-02-02** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2026-02-11** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2026-02-25** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2026-02-25** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2026-02-26** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2026-03-19** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2026-03-20** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2026-03-27** Senate Engrossed `passage`
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- **2026-03-27** Senate Tabled
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- **2026-03-27** Senate Taken from Table
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- **2026-03-27** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2026-03-27** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2026-03-31** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
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- **2026-04-07** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2026-05-12** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2026-05-12** Veto V4 `executive-veto`
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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/009d4cb6-7cc0-4144-831e-ed8581a94d09`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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