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type: "Bill"
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title: "Income tax; exempt income received as personal compensation for full-time duty in the active military service of the United States"
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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 for state income tax, so as to exempt from state income tax income received as personal compensation for full-time duty in the active military service of the United States; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date and applicability; 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 266"
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citation: "Georgia HB 266 (2025_26)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS AND AGENCIES", "MILITARY", "EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT", "AND VETERANS AFFAIRS", "REVENUE AND TAXATION"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Bethany Ballard", "David Clark", "Jesse Petrea", "Josh Bonner", "Karen Mathiak", "Steven Sainz"]
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version_count: 7
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action_count: 19
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vote_count: 6
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first_action: "2025-02-04"
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last_action: "2025-07-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e76ed622-7208-4560-a1ec-c03280f1d249"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "58c772d0cd5fdddcad424cce6254f963b7ea20f7e09777092836aeed1aef7375"
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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 266 (2025_26) — Income tax; exempt income received as personal compensation for full-time duty in the active military service of the United States
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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 for state income tax, so as to exempt from state income tax income received as personal compensation for full-time duty in the active military service of the United States; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date and applicability; 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. **Floor Amendment AM 50 0118** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/238430.pdf)
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2. **HB 266/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/239329.pdf)
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3. **LC 50 1209S/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/235686.pdf)
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4. **LC 50 1209S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/235293.pdf)
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5. **LC 50 9000/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/231321.pdf)
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6. **Sen Ctee sub LC 50 1224S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/236007.pdf)
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7. **Sen Floor Amend 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/238717.pdf)
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## Votes
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- Senate Vote #266 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **32–22** (pass) · upper
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- House Vote #264 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **171–0** (pass) · lower
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- Senate Vote #412 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **52–0** (pass) · upper
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- House Vote #364 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **164–0** (pass) · lower
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- House Vote #419 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **167–0** (pass) · lower
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- Senate Vote #269 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **53–2** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Bethany Ballard — primary (person)
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- David Clark — primary (person)
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- Jesse Petrea — primary (person)
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- Josh Bonner — primary (person)
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- Karen Mathiak — primary (person)
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- Steven Sainz — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-02-04** House Hopper `introduction`
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- **2025-02-05** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2025-02-06** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2025-03-06** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-03-06** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2025-03-06** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2025-03-10** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2025-03-13** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-03-18** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2025-03-21** Senate Engrossed `passage`
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- **2025-03-21** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2025-03-21** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2025-03-31** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub As Amended
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- **2025-04-02** Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub As Amended
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- **2025-04-04** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
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- **2025-04-10** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2025-05-13** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2025-05-13** Act 181 `executive-signature`
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- **2025-07-01** 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/e76ed622-7208-4560-a1ec-c03280f1d249`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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