SB 477 Georgia Senate · 2025-2026 Regular Session

Income Taxes; personal income tax rate; reduce

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 the imposition, rate, computation, exemptions, and credits relative to income taxes, so as to reduce the personal income tax rate; to revise provisions relative to annual reductions of the income tax; to reduce the rates of taxation on corporate and partnership income; to increase the amount of the standard deduction from state taxable income for individuals; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date and applicability; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2026
Committee Review
Feb 2026
Senate Passage
Feb 2026
House Passage
Governor
Introduced Feb 6, 2026 Last action Feb 18, 2026
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MINOR
The bill was formally approved by the Senate and is now ready for the next legislative stage. The text change reflects the official status update from 'As introduced' to 'As Passed Senate,' indicating the bill has successfully navigated the Senate's review process. No substantive policy, funding, or eligibility changes were made in this specific version.
TECHNICAL

The bill's title section was updated to reflect its current legislative status as 'AS PASSED SENATE'.

Floor votes · Senate Feb 12, 2026

How they voted

3112
Passed · 8 other
Total votes 51
Feb 12, 2026
D Democratic20
12 Nay 8
60% Nay
R Republican31
31 Yea
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
9
Key actions
3
Committee
2
Feb 12, 2026
Upper · Passed
Senate Passed/Adopted
upper
Feb 12, 2026
Upper · Passed
Senate Engrossed
upper
Feb 10, 2026
Upper · Passed
Senate Committee Favorably Reported
upper
Feb 9, 2026
Committee
Senate Read and Referred
upper
Feb 6, 2026
Introduced
Senate Hopper
upper
29 primary · 0 co-sponsors

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