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type: "Bill"
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title: "Income tax credit; business enterprises for leased motor vehicles; repeal and reserve"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 48 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to revenue and taxation, so as to repeal and reserve an income tax credit for business enterprises for leased motor vehicles; to exempt from sales and use taxation property used in construction, renovation, and rehabilitation of affordable housing by nonprofit organizations; to repeal sales and use tax exemptions for certain admissions to view film or videotapes and the sale of certain machinery and equipment used to improve air quality; 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 165"
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citation: "Georgia HB 165 (2025_26)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["MOTOR VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC", "REVENUE AND TAXATION"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Al Williams", "Bill Werkheiser", "Lehman Franklin", "Mike Cameron", "Rick Townsend", "Spencer Frye"]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 18
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vote_count: 4
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first_action: "2025-01-29"
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last_action: "2026-05-05"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/77523ce6-17b4-4db1-9ace-f93dd1a01b87"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "52468c2fc950818511b84d71e1c0641ac772bf81ad82f5c5781537625641f2b7"
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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 165 (2025_26) — Income tax credit; business enterprises for leased motor vehicles; repeal and reserve
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 48 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to revenue and taxation, so as to repeal and reserve an income tax credit for business enterprises for leased motor vehicles; to exempt from sales and use taxation property used in construction, renovation, and rehabilitation of affordable housing by nonprofit organizations; to repeal sales and use tax exemptions for certain admissions to view film or videotapes and the sale of certain machinery and equipment used to improve air quality; 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 165/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/248622.pdf)
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2. **LC 50 0947/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/230658.pdf)
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3. **LC 50 1165S/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/234929.pdf)
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4. **LC 50 1165S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/233881.pdf)
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5. **Sen Ctee Sub LC 59 0417S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/245612.pdf)
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## Votes
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- Senate Vote #751 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **46–0** (pass) · upper
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- House Vote #798 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **166–3** (pass) · lower
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- House Vote #145 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **173–0** (pass) · lower
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- Senate Vote #746 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **32–20** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Al Williams — primary (person)
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- Bill Werkheiser — primary (person)
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- Lehman Franklin — primary (person)
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- Mike Cameron — primary (person)
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- Rick Townsend — primary (person)
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- Spencer Frye — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-01-29** House Hopper `introduction`
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- **2025-01-30** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2025-02-03** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2025-02-26** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-03-03** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2025-03-03** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2025-03-04** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2025-03-13** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-03-18** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2026-01-12** Senate Recommitted `referral-committee`
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- **2026-03-10** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2026-03-19** Senate Engrossed `passage`
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- **2026-03-19** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2026-03-19** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2026-03-31** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
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- **2026-04-10** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2026-05-05** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2026-05-05** Act 407 `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/77523ce6-17b4-4db1-9ace-f93dd1a01b87`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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