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HB 112

Income tax; one-time tax credit for taxpayers who filed returns for both 2023 and 2024 taxable years; provide

Summary

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 2023 and 2024 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.

Committees

Committees House Committee: Ways & Means Senate Committee: Finance

Sponsors

McDonald III, Lauren (26th); Hong, Soo (103rd); Gambill, Matthew (15th); Wade, Will (9th); Powell, Alan (33rd); Blackmon, Shaw (146th)

Status History

04/15/2025: Act 8; 04/15/2025: House Date Signed by Governor; 04/07/2025: House Sent to Governor; 03/20/2025: Senate Passed/Adopted; 03/20/2025: Senate Third Read; 03/20/2025: Senate Engrossed; 03/18/2025: Senate Read Second Time; 03/13/2025: Senate Committee Favorably Reported; 03/10/2025: Senate Read and Referred; 03/06/2025: House Passed/Adopted; 03/06/2025: House Third Readers; 02/12/2025: House Committee Favorably Reported; 01/28/2025: House Second Readers; 01/27/2025: House First Readers; 01/17/2025: House Hopper

Votes

03/06/2025, House Vote #197, 175, 0, 1, 4; 03/20/2025, Senate Vote #253, 32, 20, 4, 0; 03/20/2025, Senate Vote #257, 52, 0, 1, 3

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HB 98

Income tax; credit equal to 10 percent of the federal child tax credit; provide

Summary

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 state income tax credit equal to 10 percent of the federal child tax credit; to provide for rules and regulations; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date and applicability; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Committees

Committees House Committee: Ways & Means Senate Committee: N/A

Sponsors

Hugley, Carolyn (141st); Herring, Tangie (145th); Clark, Jasmine (108th); Griffin, Floyd (149th); Jackson, Mack (128th); Williams, Mary Frances (37th)

Status History

01/28/2025: House Second Readers; 01/27/2025: House First Readers; 01/17/2025: House Hopper

Votes

No votes

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HB 99

Income tax; credit based upon the federal qualified child and dependent care tax credit; revise

Summary

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 revise a state income tax credit based upon the federal qualified child and dependent care tax credit; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date and applicability; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Committees

Committees House Committee: Ways & Means Senate Committee: N/A

Sponsors

Hugley, Carolyn (141st); Bennett, Karen (94th); Buckner, Debbie (137th); Herring, Tangie (145th); Clark, Jasmine (108th); Williams, Mary Frances (37th)

Status History

01/28/2025: House Second Readers; 01/27/2025: House First Readers; 01/17/2025: House Hopper

Votes

No votes

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HB 100

Prescription Drug Consumer Financial Protection Act; enact

Summary

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 24 of Title 33 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to insurance generally, so as to require all health insurers to pass along no less than 80 percent of all prescription drug rebates to enrollees that such insurer receives from third parties with regard to such enrollee’s prescription drugs; to provide for definitions; to provide for related matters; to provide for a short title; to provide for legislative findings; to provide for an effective date and applicability; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Committees

Committees House Committee: Insurance Senate Committee: N/A

Sponsors

Douglas, Demetrius (78th); Hawkins, Lee (27th); Au, Michelle (50th); Prince, Brian (132nd); Bennett, Karen (94th); Clark, Jasmine (108th)

Status History

01/28/2025: House Second Readers; 01/27/2025: House First Readers; 01/17/2025: House Hopper

Votes

No votes

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HB 97

Community Health, Department of; expansion of Medicaid; provide

Summary

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 7 of Chapter 4 of Title 49 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to medical assistance generally, so as to provide for the expansion of Medicaid; to provide for definitions; to authorize the Department of Community Health to utilize appropriations for the purposes of funding Medicaid expansion; to provide for the submission of requests for waivers, amendments to waivers, and state plan amendments; to authorize the office of the Commissioner of Insurance to certify qualified health plans; to provide for reporting; to provide for rules and regulations; to provide for related matters; to provide for legislative notification and approval; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Committees

Committees House Committee: Public and Community Health Senate Committee: N/A

Sponsors

Park, Sam (107th); Griffin, Floyd (149th); Jackson, Mack (128th); Herring, Tangie (145th)

Status History

01/28/2025: House Second Readers; 01/27/2025: House First Readers; 01/17/2025: House Hopper

Votes

No votes

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HB 89

Public Health, Department of; require healthcare providers, facilities, and pharmacies to provide the Maternal Mortality Review Committee with psychiatric or other clinical records

Summary

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 2A of Title 31 of the O.C.G.A., relating to the department of public health, so as to require healthcare providers, healthcare facilities, and pharmacies to provide the Maternal Mortality Review Committee with psychiatric or other clinical records; to amend Code Section 37-3-166 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to treatment of clinical records, when release permitted, scope of privileged communications, liability for disclosure, and notice to sheriff of discharge, so as to permit the release of clinical records of a deceased patient to the Maternal Mortality Review Committee; to amend Code Section 45-16-24 of the O.C.G.A., relating to notification of suspicious or unusual deaths, court ordered medical examiner’s inquiry, and written report of inquiry, so as to remove the requirement that a medical examiner’s inquiry for pregnant female deaths be done through a regional perinatal center; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Committees

Committees House Committee: Public and Community Health Senate Committee: Health and Human Services

Sponsors

Cooper, Sharon (45th); Wade, Will (9th); Gambill, Matthew (15th); Hong, Soo (103rd)

Status History

05/01/2025: Act 43; 05/01/2025: House Date Signed by Governor; 04/07/2025: House Sent to Governor; 03/18/2025: Senate Passed/Adopted; 03/18/2025: Senate Third Read; 03/13/2025: Senate Read Second Time; 03/11/2025: Senate Committee Favorably Reported; 03/04/2025: Senate Read and Referred; 03/03/2025: House Passed/Adopted By Substitute; 03/03/2025: House Third Readers; 02/26/2025: House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute; 02/20/2025: House Withdrawn, Recommitted; 01/29/2025: House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute; 01/27/2025: House Second Readers; 01/17/2025: House First Readers; 01/16/2025: House Hopper

Votes

03/03/2025, House Vote #126, 168, 7, 2, 3; 03/18/2025, Senate Vote #237, 50, 1, 1, 4

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HB 90

Revenue and taxation; increase maximum acreage to qualify for assessment and taxation as a bona fide conservation use property

Summary

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 48-5-7.4 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to preferential assessment for bona fide conservation use property and bona fide residential transitional property, so as to increase the maximum acreage to qualify for assessment and taxation as a bona fide conservation use property; to provide for related matters; to provide for a contingent effective date and automatic repeal; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Committees

Committees House Committee: Ways & Means Senate Committee: Finance

Sponsors

Efstration, Chuck (104th); Dickey, Robert (134th); Hagan, Leesa (156th); Buckner, Debbie (137th)

Status History

04/07/2025: House Sent to Governor; 03/18/2025: Senate Passed/Adopted; 03/18/2025: Senate Third Read; 03/18/2025: Senate Engrossed; 03/13/2025: Senate Read Second Time; 03/11/2025: Senate Committee Favorably Reported; 02/21/2025: Senate Read and Referred; 02/20/2025: House Passed/Adopted; 02/20/2025: House Third Readers; 02/12/2025: House Committee Favorably Reported; 01/27/2025: House Second Readers; 01/17/2025: House First Readers; 01/16/2025: House Hopper

Votes

02/20/2025, House Vote #56, 111, 62, 1, 6; 03/18/2025, Senate Vote #236, 29, 23, 1, 3; 03/18/2025, Senate Vote #239, 47, 3, 2, 4

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HB 95

Income tax; credit equal to 20 percent of the federal earned income tax credit; provide

Summary

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 an income tax credit equal to 20 percent of the federal earned income tax credit; to provide for rules and regulations; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date and applicability; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Committees

Committees House Committee: Ways & Means Senate Committee: N/A

Sponsors

Park, Sam (107th); Jackson, Mack (128th); Griffin, Floyd (149th); Herring, Tangie (145th); Clark, Jasmine (108th); Williams, Mary Frances (37th)

Status History

01/28/2025: House Second Readers; 01/27/2025: House First Readers; 01/17/2025: House Hopper

Votes

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