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type: "Bill"
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title: "Income tax; all income received by individuals, corporations, and partnerships under the Farmer Bridge Assistance Program; exempt from taxation"
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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, exemptions, and credits relative to income taxes, so as to exempt from taxation all income received by individuals, corporations, and partnerships under the Farmer Bridge Assistance Program of the United States Department of Agriculture; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; 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 1159"
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citation: "Georgia HB 1159 (2025_26)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["AGRICULTURE", "REVENUE AND TAXATION"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Bruce Williamson", "Devan Seabaugh", "Matthew Gambill", "Robert Dickey", "Shaw Blackmon", "Will Wade"]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 15
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vote_count: 3
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first_action: "2026-02-02"
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last_action: "2026-05-06"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8eb1bf19-04f8-444d-a010-321f036d50a8"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "b000bafdb9f7f6e73339ef1d34cd8b8cbfb7bf95445bca514e60c73a0d176f45"
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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 1159 (2025_26) — Income tax; all income received by individuals, corporations, and partnerships under the Farmer Bridge Assistance Program; exempt from taxation
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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, exemptions, and credits relative to income taxes, so as to exempt from taxation all income received by individuals, corporations, and partnerships under the Farmer Bridge Assistance Program of the United States Department of Agriculture; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; 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. **Fiscal Note** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/246099.pdf)
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2. **HB 1159/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/246484.pdf)
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3. **LC 59 0282-EC/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/241192.pdf)
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4. **LC 59 0350-ECS/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/245065.pdf)
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5. **LC 59 0350-ECS/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/242978.pdf)
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## Votes
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- Senate Vote #729 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **30–20** (pass) · upper
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- Senate Vote #733 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **51–0** (pass) · upper
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- House Vote #615 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **170–2** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Bruce Williamson — primary (person)
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- Devan Seabaugh — primary (person)
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- Matthew Gambill — primary (person)
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- Robert Dickey — primary (person)
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- Shaw Blackmon — primary (person)
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- Will Wade — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2026-02-02** House Hopper `introduction`
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- **2026-02-03** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2026-02-04** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2026-02-18** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2026-03-04** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2026-03-04** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2026-03-06** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2026-03-12** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2026-03-16** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2026-03-18** Senate Engrossed `passage`
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- **2026-03-18** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2026-03-18** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2026-04-06** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2026-05-06** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2026-05-06** Act 424 `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/8eb1bf19-04f8-444d-a010-321f036d50a8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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