Revenue and taxation; amount of federal work opportunity credit claimed by a taxpayer shall also be allowed as a tax credit; provide
Summary
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, exemption, and credits, so as to provide that the amount of the federal work opportunity credit claimed by a taxpayer shall also be allowed as a tax credit against state income taxes; to provide for conditions, eligibility, limitations, and recaptures; to provide for definitions; to provide for rules and regulations; to provide for automatic repeal; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date and applicability; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2025
Committee Review
Mar 2026
House Passage
Feb 2026
Senate Passage
Mar 2026
Signed into Law
May 2026
Introduced Feb 19, 2025
Signed May 12, 2026
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LC 62 0093/a
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The bill text was updated to reflect its official status as having passed both the House and Senate. The document title now includes '(AS PASSED HOUSE AND SENATE)', and the legislative citation numbers were adjusted from LC 62 0093 to LC 62 0093/AP to indicate the approved version.
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The bill title was updated to explicitly state that it has passed both chambers of the legislature.
The legislative citation identifier was changed from 'LC 62 0093' to 'LC 62 0093/AP' to denote the approved version of the bill.
Floor votes · Senate Mar 25, 2026 · House Feb 25, 2026
How they voted
40–1
Passed · 6 other
Total votes 47
Mar 25, 2026
D
Democratic18
83% Yea
R
Republican29
86% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
15
Key actions
6
Committee
3
May 12, 2026
Vetoed
Veto V3
upper
May 12, 2026
Signed into law
House Date Signed by Governor
lower
Mar 25, 2026
Upper · Passed
Senate Passed/Adopted
upper
Mar 25, 2026
Upper · Passed
Senate Engrossed
upper
Mar 12, 2026
Upper · Passed
Senate Committee Favorably Reported
upper
Feb 26, 2026
Committee
Senate Read and Referred
upper
Feb 25, 2026
Lower · Passed
House Passed/Adopted
lower
Feb 11, 2026
Lower · Passed
House Committee Favorably Reported
lower
Feb 19, 2025
Introduced
House Hopper
lower
4 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Danny Mathis
RRepublican
P
Matt Reeves
RRepublican
P
Noel Williams
RRepublican
P
Ron Stephens
RRepublican
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