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Proposed Georgia Firearm Legislation HB971

Legislation Overview

Title: Firearm Safe Handling and Secure Storage Tax Credit Act; enact

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 eligible expenses incurred for firearm safe handling instructional courses and firearm secure storage devices; to provide for an aggregate annual cap; to provide for definitions; to provide for terms and conditions; to provide for credit preapproval by the department; to provide for rules and regulations; to provide for a short title; to provide for automatic repeal; to provide for an effective date and applicability; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Session: 2023-2024 Regular Session

Last Action: Senate Tabled

Last Action Date: March 26, 2024

Sponsors

Note: the first sponsor listed is normally the primary sponsor. If a sponsor's name is a hyperlink you can click on it to 'follow the money'.

7 sponsors: Mark Newton (R); Scott Hilton (R); Matt Reeves (R); Deborah Silcox (R); Bill Hitchens (R); Robert Dickey (R); Chuck Hufstetler (R);

Percentage of House Of Representatives sponsoring bill: 4% (7 of 180)

History

Chamber	Date	Action
Senate	Mar 26, 2024	Senate Tabled
Senate	Mar 26, 2024	Senate Engrossed
Senate	Mar 18, 2024	Senate Read Second Time
Senate	Mar 14, 2024	Senate Committee Favorably Reported
Senate	Feb 29, 2024	Senate Read and Referred
House	Feb 27, 2024	House Third Readers
House	Feb 27, 2024	House Passed/Adopted By Substitute
House	Feb 21, 2024	House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute
House	Feb 21, 2024	House Withdrawn, Recommitted
House	Feb 16, 2024	House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute
House	Jan 24, 2024	House Second Readers
House	Jan 23, 2024	House First Readers
House	Jan 22, 2024	House Hopper

Texts

Type	Date	State Link	Text
Comm Sub	Feb 27, 2024	state link	bill text
Comm Sub	Feb 21, 2024	state link	bill text
Comm Sub	Feb 16, 2024	state link	bill text
Introduced	Jan 22, 2024	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 #582	02/27/2024	162	3	4	9	Yes
Adesanya, Solomon (D) Yea Adeyina, Segun (D) Yea Alexander, Kimberly (D) Yea Anderson, Victor (R) Yea Anulewicz, Teri (D) Yea Au, Michelle (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) Absent Bell, Eric (D) Yea Bennett, Karen (D) Yea Bentley, Patty (D) Yea Beverly, James (D) Yea Blackmon, Shaw (R) Yea Bonner, Josh (R) Yea Bruce, Roger (D) 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) NV Carpenter, Kasey (R) Yea Carson, John (R) Yea Carter, Doreen (D) Yea Chastain, Johnny (R) Yea Cheokas, Mike (R) Yea Clark, David (R) Yea Clark, Jasmine (D) Yea Collins, J (R) Yea Cooper, Sharon (R) Yea Corbett, John (R) Yea Cox, Brent (R) Absent Crawford, Omari (D) Yea Crowe, Clinton (R) Yea Cummings, Terry (D) Yea Daniel, Lauren (R) Absent Davis, Viola (D) Yea DeLoach, Homer (R) Yea Dempsey, Katie (R) Yea Dickey, Robert (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, Becky (D) Yea Evans, Stacey (D) Absent Fleming, Tim (R) Yea Franklin, Lehman (R) Yea Frazier, Gloria (D) Absent 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 Gullett, Joseph (R) Yea Gunter, Stan (R) Yea Hagan, Leesa (R) Yea Hatchett, James (R) Yea Hawkins, Lee (R) Yea Henderson, Sharon (D) Absent 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) Nay Houston, Penny (R) Yea Howard, Karlton (D) Yea Huddleston, David (R) Yea Hugley, Carolyn (D) Yea Hutchinson, Shelly (D) Yea Jackson, Derrick (D) Yea Jackson, Edna (D) Yea Jackson, Mack (D) Yea Jasperse, Rick (R) Yea Jenkins, David (R) Yea Jones, Jan (R) Yea Jones, Sheila (D) Yea Jones, Todd (R) Yea Kelley, Trey (R) Yea Kendrick, Dar'shun (D) Yea Kennard, Gregg (D) Yea Knight, David (R) Yea LaHood, John (R) Yea Leverett, Rob (R) Yea Lewis-Ward, Regina (D) Yea Lim, Marvin (D) Yea Lott, Jodi (R) Yea Lumsden, Eddie (R) Yea Lupton, Karen (D) Yea Mainor, Mesha (D) Yea Marin, Pedro (D) Absent 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 Meeks, Steven (R) Yea Miller, Tanya (D) Yea Mitchell, Billy (D) Yea Momtahan, Martin (R) Yea Moore, Angela (D) NV Mughal, Farooq (D) Yea Neal, Yasmin (D) Yea New, Kimberly (R) Yea Newton, Mark (R) Yea Okoye, Gabe (D) Yea Olaleye, Phil (D) Yea Oliver, Mary (D) Yea Panitch, Esther (D) Yea Paris, Miriam (D) Absent Park, Samuel (D) Yea Parrish, Butch (R) Yea Parsons, Don (R) Yea Persinger, Holt (R) Yea Petrea, Jesse (R) Yea Pirkle, Clay (R) Yea Powell, Alan (R) Yea Prince, Brian (D) Yea Reese, Tremaine (D) Yea Reeves, Matt (R) Yea Rhodes, Trey (R) Yea Ridley, Jason (R) Yea Ridley, Jordan (R) Nay Roberts, Shea (D) Yea Romman, Ruwa (D) Yea Sainz, Steven (R) Yea Sampson, David (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 Stoner, Doug (D) Yea Tarvin, Steve (R) Yea Taylor, Darlene (R) Yea Taylor, Rhonda (D) Yea Thomas, Brad (R) Yea Thomas, Mandisha (D) NV Townsend, Rick (R) Yea Tran, Long (D) Yea Vance, Kenneth (R) Yea Wade, Will (R) Absent Washburn, Dale (R) Yea Werkheiser, William (R) Yea Westbrook, Anne (D) Yea 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
resort votes by: party yeas nays name
Motion To Engross: Hb 101, Hb 946, Hb 581, Hr 1022, Hb 264, Hb 974, Hb 976, Hb 977, Hb 1021, Hb 1207, Hb 814, Hb 82, Hb 971, Hb 1182, Hr 804, Hr 96: Senate Vote #763	03/26/2024	32	20	2	2	Yes
Albers, John (R) Yea Anavitarte, Jason (R) Yea Anderson, Lee (R) Yea Anderson, Tonya (D) Nay Beach, Brandon (R) Yea Bearden, Timothy (R) Yea Brass, Matt (R) Yea Burns, Max (R) Yea Butler, Gloria (D) Nay Cowsert, Bill (R) Yea Davenport, Gail (D) Nay Dixon, Clint (R) Yea Dolezal, Greg (R) Yea Echols, Shelly (R) Yea Esteves, Jason (D) Nay Ginn, Frank (R) Yea Gooch, Steve (R) Yea Goodman, Russ (R) Yea Halpern, Sonya (D) Nay Harbin, Marty (R) Yea Harbison, Ed (D) NV Harrell, Sally (D) Nay Hatchett, Bo (R) Yea Hickman, Billy (R) Yea Hodges, Mike (R) Yea Hufstetler, Chuck (R) Yea Islam Parkes, Nabilah (D) Nay Jackson, Kim (D) Absent James, Donzella (D) NV Jones, Emanuel (D) Nay Jones, Harold (D) Nay Kennedy, John (R) Yea Kirkpatrick, Kay (R) Yea Lucas, David (D) Nay Mallow, Derek (D) Nay McLaurin, Josh (D) Nay Merritt, Nikki (D) Nay Moore, Colton (R) Nay Orrock, Nan (D) Nay Parent, Elena (D) Nay Payne, Chuck (R) Yea Rahman, Sheikh (D) Nay Rhett, Michael (D) Nay Robertson, Randy (R) Yea Seay, Valencia (D) Nay Setzler, Ed (R) Yea Sims, Freddie (D) Nay Still, Shawn (R) Yea Strickland, Brian (R) Yea Summers, Carden (R) Yea Tate, Horacena (D) Absent Tillery, Blake (R) Yea Walker, Larry (R) Yea Watson, Ben (R) Yea Watson, Sam (R) Yea Williams, Ricky (R) Yea
resort votes by: party yeas nays name

Link: link to state bill page