Vote Smart provides easy access to congressional and state voting records and maintains a collection of key votes grouped by issue. Vote Smart uses the following criteria to select key votes:
Vote Smart provides a summary of the version of the bill text associated with each selected key vote. Our summaries are written by Vote Smart's staff and interns, who adhere to our strict policies and procedures in order to guarantee absolute impartiality and accuracy. They do not necessarily reflect the content of the final version of the bill, but rather the version voted on in that stage. While many procedural votes take place before a full chamber vote, our voting stages reflect the final reading of each chamber vote. Each key vote selection is reviewed by the project's community of advisors, who are political scientists and journalists from all fifty states.
For more information about the legislative process, see here.
| Date | State | Bill No. | Title | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2, 2026 | GA | HB 463 | Establishes a Homestead Exemption for Senior Citizens who Volunteer with Local Governments | Bill Passed - House (104 - 71) |
| March 4, 2026 | GA | HB 1000 | Establishes a One-Time Tax Rebate for Individuals Who Filed Returns in 2024 and 2025 | Bill Passed - House (172 - 0) |
| Feb. 25, 2026 | GA | HB 1001 | Reduces the Income and Corporate Tax Rates | Bill Passed - House (106 - 66) |
| April 4, 2025 | GA | HB 68 | Appropriates Funding for the Fiscal Year 2026 State Budget | Conference Report Adopted - House (170 - 5) |
| April 2, 2025 | GA | HB 136 | Expands Georgia's Child Care Tax Credit to Allow Parents to Claim 50% of Their Expenses for Child Care | Concurrence Vote Passed - House (163 - 4) |
| March 6, 2025 | GA | HB 111 | Establishes a Flat 5.19% Income Tax Rate | Bill Passed - House (110 - 60) |
| March 6, 2025 | GA | HB 112 | Establishes Income Tax Rebates Between $250 and $500 for State Residents | Bill Passed - House (175 - 0) |
| March 4, 2025 | GA | HB 79 | Establishes Tax Incentives to Buy Gun Safes, Gun Locks, or Gun Training | Bill Passed - House (165 - 8) |
| March 28, 2024 | GA | HB 581 | Limits Future Increases in a Home's Taxable Value | Concurrence Vote Passed - House (164 - 2) |
| Feb. 29, 2024 | GA | HB 1180 | Establishes a State Film Tax Credit | Bill Passed - House (131 - 34) |
| Feb. 29, 2024 | GA | HB 1023 | Requires Corporations in the State have the Same Tax Rate as Individuals | Bill Passed - House (138 - 28) |
| Feb. 27, 2024 | GA | HB 1192 | Authorizes Tax Breaks for Data Storage Facilities | Bill Passed - House (96 - 71) |
| March 6, 2023 | GA | HB 170 | Requires Digital Downloads be Taxed in the Same Way as Physical Content | Bill Passed - House (162 - 10) |
| Feb. 23, 2023 | GA | HB 162 | Authorizes Tax Credits for Individual Taxpayers who Filed Income Tax Returns in Previous Years | Bill Passed - House (170 - 2) |
| March 15, 2022 | GA | HB 1330 | Establishes Tax Credits for Theater and Film Production Companies | Bill Passed - House (146 - 26) |
| March 9, 2022 | GA | HB 1437 | Establishes Flat Income Tax Rate of 5.25 Percent | (115 - 52) |
| March 31, 2021 | GA | HB 286 | Prohibits Local Police Departments from Reducing Annual Police Budgets | Concurrence Vote Passed - House (100 - 73) |
| Jan. 16, 2020 | GA | HB 276 | Establishes an Online Sales Tax | Conference Report Adopted - House (111 - 54) |
| March 29, 2019 | GA | SB 128 | Requires Online Retailers to Collect Sales Taxes | Bill Passed - House (94 - 74) |
| Feb. 26, 2016 | GA | HB 951 | Establishes Tax Exemptions for Certain Purchases | Bill Passed - House (127 - 22) |
| March 5, 2015 | GA | HB 170 | Amends Gasoline Tax | Bill Passed - House (123 - 46) |
| March 18, 2014 | GA | SR 415 | Prohibits Increase in State Income Tax | Resolution Passed - House (119 - 54) |
| March 29, 2012 | GA | HB 347 | Reduces Unemployment Benefits | Conference Report Adopted - House (98 - 60) |
| March 29, 2012 | GA | HB 797 | Establishes a State Charter School Commission | Concurrence Vote Passed - House (117 - 55) |
| Feb. 8, 2012 | GA | HR 1162 | Authorizes the State to Approve Charter Schools | Amendment Rejected - House (110 - 62) |