republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2019-20/hb-224.md

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Bill	Income tax; credit for new purchases and acquisitions of qualified investment property shall be earnable for mining and mining facilities and allowed against a taxpayer's payroll withholding; provide	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 provide that credit for new purchases and acquisitions of qualified investment property shall be earnable for mining and mining facilities and allowed against a taxpayer's payroll withholding; to provide that certain previously claimed and unused tax credits earned by taxpayers may be applied against such taxpayers' payroll withholding under certain conditions; to provide for conditions and limitations; to provide for applications and proration; to revise definitions; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date and application; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2019_20	HB 224	Georgia HB 224 (2019_20)	bill		enacted	Bill Werkheiser Brett Harrell Bruce Williamson Jay Powell Steven Meeks Trey Kelley	9	19	1	2019-02-08	2019-06-01	openstates	ocd-bill/a15e515f-9606-402f-8f9e-f61bdca62355	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	4c3b2e3b6d93ac9bc262570ee9f35982046ba35b2bb6d7f4df180fc83e910042	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia HB 224 (2019_20) — Income tax; credit for new purchases and acquisitions of qualified investment property shall be earnable for mining and mining facilities and allowed against a taxpayer's payroll withholding; provide

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 provide that credit for new purchases and acquisitions of qualified investment property shall be earnable for mining and mining facilities and allowed against a taxpayer's payroll withholding; to provide that certain previously claimed and unused tax credits earned by taxpayers may be applied against such taxpayers' payroll withholding under certain conditions; to provide for conditions and limitations; to provide for applications and proration; to revise definitions; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date and application; 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. Floor Amendment AM 43 0149ER (committee substitute) — source
2. Floor Amendment AM 43 0153ER (committee substitute) — source
3. HB 224/AP* (committee substitute) — source
4. LC 43 1200/a (committee substitute) — source
5. LC 43 1299S/hcs (committee substitute) — source
6. LC 43 1299S/hs (committee substitute) — source
7. Sen ctee sub LC 28 9391S (committee substitute) — source
8. Sen ctee sub LC 43 1389S (committee substitute) — source
9. Sen floor amend 1 AM 43 0140ER (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• PASSAGE — 160–2 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Bill Werkheiser — primary (person)
• Brett Harrell — primary (person)
• Bruce Williamson — primary (person)
• Jay Powell — primary (person)
• Steven Meeks — primary (person)
• Trey Kelley — primary (person)

Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

• 2019-02-08 House Hopper
• 2019-02-11 House First Readers reading-1
• 2019-02-12 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2019-03-01 House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-03-04 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2019-03-04 House Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2019-03-05 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2019-03-26 Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-03-26 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2019-03-28 Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-03-29 Senate Engrossed passage
• 2019-03-29 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2019-03-29 Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2019-04-02 House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub As Amended
• 2019-04-02 Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
• 2019-04-11 House Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2019-05-06 House Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2019-05-06 Act 228 executive-signature
• 2019-06-01 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/a15e515f-9606-402f-8f9e-f61bdca62355. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).