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Proposed Georgia Firearm Legislation HB248

Legislation Overview

Title: Income tax; tax credit for certain expenses incurred by taxpayers for certain geothermal machinery installations at residential dwellings; provide

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 tax credit for certain expenses incurred by taxpayers for certain geothermal machinery installations at residential dwellings; to provide for definitions; to provide for terms and conditions; to provide for a sunset date; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date and applicability; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Session: 2025-2026 Regular Session

Last Action: Senate Read Second Time

Last Action Date: March 27, 2026

History

Chamber	Date	Action
Senate	Mar 27, 2026	Senate Read Second Time
Senate	Mar 27, 2026	Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute
Senate	Mar 10, 2025	Senate Read and Referred
House	Mar 6, 2025	House Third Readers
House	Mar 6, 2025	House Passed/Adopted By Substitute
House	Feb 26, 2025	House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute
House	Feb 6, 2025	House Second Readers
House	Feb 5, 2025	House First Readers
House	Feb 4, 2025	House Hopper

Texts

Type	Date	State Link	Text
Comm Sub	Mar 27, 2026	state link	bill text
Comm Sub	Mar 6, 2025	state link	bill text
Comm Sub	Feb 26, 2025	state link	bill text
Introduced	Feb 5, 2025	state link	bill text

Amendments

Title	Description	Date	State Link	Text	Adopted
There are no amendments to this bill at this time

Votes - Click on description to view vote roll call

Description	Vote Date	Yea Votes	Nay Votes	No Votes	Absent	Passed
Passage: House Vote #219	03/6/2025	170	3	2	5	Yes
Adesanya, Solomon (D) Yea Adeyina, Segun (D) Yea Alexander, Kimberly (D) Yea Anderson, Victor (R) Yea Au, Michelle (D) Yea Baker, Sylvia (D) Yea Ballard, Bethany (R) Yea Ballinger, Mandi (R) Yea Barnes, Imani (D) Yea Barrett, Carter (R) Yea Barton, Matt (R) Yea Bazemore, Debra (D) Yea Beckles, Arlene (D) Yea Bell, Eric (D) Yea Bennett, Karen (D) Yea Bentley, Patty (D) Yea Berry, Bryce (D) Absent Blackmon, Shaw (R) Yea Bonner, Josh (R) Yea Buckner, Debbie (D) Yea Burchett, James (R) Yea Burnough, Rhonda (D) Yea Burns, Jon (R) NV Byrd, Charlice (R) Nay Cameron, Mike (R) Yea Camp, Beth (R) Yea Campbell, Joe (R) Yea Campbell, Lisa (D) Yea Cannon, Charles (R) Yea Cannon, Park (D) Yea Carpenter, Kasey (R) Absent Carson, John (R) Yea Carter, Doreen (D) Yea Chastain, Johnny (R) Yea Cheokas, Mike (R) Yea Clark, David (R) Yea Clark, Jasmine (D) Yea Clifton, Rob (R) Yea Cooper, Sharon (R) Yea Corbett, John (R) Absent Cox, Brent (R) Yea Crawford, Omari (D) Yea Crowe, Clinton (R) Yea Cummings, Terry (D) Yea Davis, Viola (D) Yea Dawson, Robert (D) Yea DeLoach, Homer (R) Yea Dempsey, Katie (R) Yea Dickey, Robert (R) Yea Donatucci, Sandy (R) Yea Douglas, Demetrius (D) Yea Draper, Saira (D) Yea Drenner, Karla (D) Yea Dubnik, Matt (R) Yea Dunahoo, Emory (R) Yea Efstration, Chuck (R) Yea Ehrhart, Ginny (R) Yea Erwin, Chris (R) Yea Evans, Stacey (D) Yea Fleming, Tim (R) Yea Flournoy, Robert (D) Yea Ford, Jaclyn (R) Yea Franklin, Lehman (R) Yea Frye, Spencer (D) Yea Gaines, Houston (R) Yea Gambill, Matthew (R) Yea Gilliard, Carl (D) Yea Gladney, Lynn (D) Yea Glaize, Lydia (D) Yea Greene, Gerald (R) Yea Griffin, Floyd (D) Yea Gullett, Joseph (R) Yea Gunter, Stan (R) Yea Hagan, Leesa (R) Yea Hatchett, James (R) Yea Hawkins, Lee (R) Yea Henderson, Sharon (D) Yea Herring, Tangie (D) Yea Hilton, Scott (R) Yea Hitchens, Bill (R) Yea Holcomb, Scott (D) Yea Holland, Betsy (D) Yea Holly, El-Mahdi (D) Yea Hong, Soo (R) Yea Horner, Mitchell (R) Yea Howard, Justin (R) Yea Howard, Karlton (D) Yea Huddleston, David (R) Yea Hugley, Carolyn (D) Yea Hutchinson, Shelly (D) Absent Jackson, Derrick (D) Yea Jackson, Edna (D) Yea Jackson, Mack (D) Yea Jasperse, Rick (R) Yea Jenkins, David (R) Yea Jones, Anissa (D) Yea Jones, Jan (R) Yea Jones, Sheila (D) Yea Jones, Todd (R) Yea Kahaian, Noelle (R) Nay Kelley, Trey (R) Yea Kendrick, Dar'shun (D) Yea LaHood, John (R) Yea Leverett, Rob (R) Yea Lewis-Ward, Regina (D) Yea Lim, Marvin (D) Yea Lumsden, Eddie (R) Yea Lupton, Karen (D) Yea Martin, Charles (R) Yea Martinez, Reynaldo (R) Yea Mathiak, Karen (R) Yea Mathis, Danny (R) Yea McClain, Dewey (D) Yea McCollum, Derrick (R) Yea McDonald, Lauren (R) Yea McQueen, Mekyah (D) Yea Meeks, Steven (R) Yea Miller, Tanya (D) Yea Mitchell, Billy (D) Yea Momtahan, Martin (R) Yea Moore, Angela (D) Nay Myles, L.C. (D) Yea Neal, Yasmin (D) Yea New, Kimberly (R) Yea Newton, Mark (R) Yea O'Steen, Angela (R) Yea Okoye, Gabe (D) Yea Olaleye, Phil (D) Yea Oliver, Mary (D) Yea Panitch, Esther (D) Yea Paris, Miriam (D) Yea Park, Samuel (D) Yea Parrish, Butch (R) Yea Parsons, Don (R) Yea Persinger, Holt (R) Yea Petrea, Jesse (R) Yea Powell, Alan (R) Yea Prince, Brian (D) Yea Reese, Tremaine (D) Yea Reeves, Matt (R) Yea Rhodes, Trey (R) NV Rice, Carmen (R) Yea Richardson, Gary (R) Yea Ridley, Jason (R) Yea Ridley, Jordan (R) Yea Roberts, Shea (D) Yea Romman, Ruwa (D) Yea Sainz, Steven (R) Yea Sampson, David (D) Yea Sanchez, Gabriel (D) Yea Santos, Mary Ann (D) Yea Schofield, Kim (D) Yea Scoggins, Mitchell (R) Yea Scott, Sandra (D) Yea Seabaugh, Devan (R) Yea Sharper, Dexter (D) Yea Silcox, Deborah (R) Yea Smith, Lynn (R) Yea Smith, Michael (D) Yea Smith, Tyler (R) Yea Smith, Vance (R) Yea Stephens, Ron (R) Yea Tarvin, Steve (R) Yea Taylor, Darlene (R) Yea Taylor, Rhonda (D) Yea Thomas, Brad (R) Yea Townsend, Rick (R) Yea Tran, Long (D) Yea Wade, Will (R) Yea Washburn, Dale (R) Yea Werkheiser, William (R) Yea Westbrook, Anne (D) Absent Wiedower, Marcus (R) Yea Wilkerson, David (D) Yea Williams, Al (D) Yea Williams, Mary (D) Yea Williams, Noel (R) Yea Williamson, Hugh (R) Yea Willis, Inga (D) Yea Yearta, Bill (R) Yea
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