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GA HB 234

died on adjournment

Income tax; commercial pilot, aircraft mechanic, or an aircraft technician; exempt taxable net income as a sign-on bonus or retention bonus

Georgia · 2025_26 · lower

Quick answers

Did GA HB 234 pass?

No. GA HB 234 died when the 2025-26 session adjourned without final action on it. Bills that die this way are sometimes reintroduced in a later session. Latest recorded action (2025-02-06): House Second Readers

What is GA HB 234 about?

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 exempt from taxable net income certain income received by a commercial pilot, aircraft mechanic, or aircraft service technician as a sign-on bonus or retention bonus; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date and applicability; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Who sponsors GA HB 234?

Rick Townsend, John LaHood, Mike Cheokas and 3 others are the primary sponsors of GA HB 234.

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 exempt from taxable net income certain income received by a commercial pilot, aircraft mechanic, or aircraft service technician as a sign-on bonus or retention bonus; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date and applicability; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Introduced
2025-02-04
Latest action
2025-02-06 — House Second Readers
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • Rick Townsendprimary
  • John LaHoodprimary
  • Mike Cheokasprimary
  • Clint Croweprimary
  • Leesa Haganprimary
  • Spencer Fryeprimary

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-02-04

    House Hopper

    introduction

  2. 2025-02-05

    House First Readers

    reading-1

  3. 2025-02-06

    House Second Readers

    reading-2

Versions

Documents

Votes

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Related bills

No related bills recorded for this bill.

Official source

Attribution

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