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HB1000Introduced in the House

Income tax; one-time tax credit for individual taxpayers who filed income tax returns for the 2024 and 2025 taxable years; provide

Passed

Introduced by Matthew Gambill, District 15

What does this bill do?

Plain-English breakdown

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Official description

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 7 of Title 48 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to income taxes, so as to provide for a one-time tax credit for individual taxpayers who filed income tax returns for the 2024 and 2025 taxable years; to provide for a definition; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Where it stands

Effective Date 2026-03-20

March 20, 2026

How did lawmakers vote?

House votes

1 recorded vote · each counted separately

Senate votes

2 recorded votes · each counted separately

SenateStage: Passage: Senate Vote #725 · March 16, 2026

53

Yes

0

No

1

Absent or Not Voting

54 senators recorded in this Senate vote. Colors show vote categories only, not whether a vote was good or bad.

See how each senator voted

SenatorDistrictVote
Ben Watson1Yes
Derek Mallow2Yes
Mike Hodges3Yes
Billy Hickman4Yes
Sheikh Rahman5Yes
Matt Brass6Yes
Russ Goodman8Yes
Nikki Merritt9Yes
Emanuel Jones10Yes
Sam Watson11Yes

Bill history

  1. House Hopper

  2. House First Readers

  3. House Second Readers

  4. House Committee Favorably Reported

  5. House Third Readers

  6. House Passed/Adopted

  7. Senate Read and Referred

  8. Senate Committee Favorably Reported

  9. Senate Read Second Time

  10. Senate Engrossed

  11. Senate Third Read

  12. Senate Passed/Adopted

  13. House Sent to Governor

  14. House Date Signed by Governor

  15. Act 374

  16. Effective Date 2026-03-20

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