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HB 81 — Income tax; certain health care facilities to receive tax refund setoffs for collection of medical debts; allow
Last action — Senate Read and Referred
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✓Introduced
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✓In Committee
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3Passed House
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4Passed Senate
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5To Executive
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6Enacted
This bill died with 2017-2018 Regular Session. It reached “Passed House” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.
This bill is no longer active — its legislative session has ended, so there is no live prognosis. It would have to be reintroduced in the current session to move again.
Summary
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 allow certain health care facilities to receive income tax refund setoffs for collection of medical debts; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Bill Text
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Read HB 81 on the official Georgia source →Action History
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Senate Read and Referred
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House Passed/Adopted By Substitute
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House Third Readers
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House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute
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House Second Readers
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House First Readers
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House Hopper
Sponsors
- Tom McCall · Primary
- Alan Powell · Primary
- Buddy Harden · Primary
- Rick Williams · Primary
- Darlene Taylor · Primary
- Gerald Greene · Primary
Sponsorship breakdown
Export CSV (upgrade) →6 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 241 not signed on · 33 voted No
Sponsors (6)
- Tom McCall
- Alan Powell Republican
- Buddy Harden
- Rick Williams Republican
- Darlene Taylor Republican
- Gerald Greene Republican
Co-sponsors (0)
None.
Not signed on (241)
241 members have not signed on to this bill.
Show all 241 →"Not signed on" means a member has not sponsored or co-sponsored this bill — it does not imply opposition. Members flagged Voted No have a recorded No vote on this bill.
Votes
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democrat | 6 | 22 | 0 | 1 |
| Unaffiliated | 55 | 39 | 0 | 10 |
| Republican | 33 | 10 | 0 | 4 |
| Total | 94 | 71 | 0 | 15 |
| % of votes cast | 52% | 39% | 0% | 8% |
How each member voted (180)
| Member | Party | Vote |
|---|---|---|
| ANULEWICZ, 42ND | — | Nay |
| BARR, 103RD | — | Yea |
| BATTLES, 15TH | — | Yea |
| BEASLEY-TEAGUE, 65TH | — | Nay |
| BELTON, 112TH | — | Yea |
| BENTLEY, 139TH | — | Nay |
| BENTON, 31ST | — | Yea |
| BESKIN, 54TH | — | Yea |
| BEVERLY, 143RD | — | Nay |
| BODDIE, 62ND | — | Nay |
| BROCKWAY, 102ND | — | Yea |
| BRUCE, 61ST | — | Nay |
| CANTRELL, 22ND | — | Yea |
| CASAS, 107TH | — | Nay |
| CAUBLE, 111TH | — | Yea |
| CHANDLER, 105TH | — | Nay |
| CLARK, 98TH | — | Yea |
| CLARK, 147TH | — | Yea |
| COLEMAN, 97TH | — | Yea |
| COLLINS, 68TH | — | Yea |
| COOKE, 18TH | — | Yea |
| COOMER, 14TH | — | Yea |
| DEFFENBAUGH, 1ST | — | Yea |
| DOLLAR, 45TH | — | Yea |
| DREYER, 59TH | — | Nay |
| DUKES, 154TH | — | Nay |
| EALUM, 153RD | — | Not Voting |
| ENGLAND, 116TH | — | Yea |
| EPPS, 144TH | — | Yea |
| FRAZIER, 126TH | — | Nay |
| GARDNER, 57TH | — | Nay |
| GASAWAY, 28TH | — | Yea |
| GILLIGAN, 24TH | — | Nay |
| GLANTON, 75TH | — | Yea |
| GOLICK, 40TH | — | Nay |
| GONZALEZ, 117TH | — | Nay |
| GORDON, 163RD | — | Nay |
| GRAVLEY, 67TH | — | Nay |
| GURTLER, 8TH | — | Nay |
| HANSON, 80TH | — | Yea |
| HARDEN, 148TH | — | Yea |
| HATCHETT, 150TH | — | Yea |
| HENSON, 86TH | — | Nay |
| HILL, 3RD | — | Nay |
| HOGAN, 179TH | — | Yea |
| HOLMES, 129TH | — | Yea |
| HOUSTON, 170TH | — | Not Voting |
| HOWARD, 124TH | — | Nay |
| JACKSON, 64TH | — | Nay |
| JONES, 53RD | — | Nay |
| JONES, 91ST | — | Nay |
| JONES, 167TH | — | Yea |
| KIRBY, 114TH | — | Yea |
| KNIGHT, 130TH | — | Yea |
| LARICCIA, 169TH | — | Yea |
| LOPEZ, 99TH | — | Nay |
| LOTT, 122ND | — | Yea |
| MARIN, 96TH | — | Not Voting |
| MAXWELL, 17TH | — | Yea |
| MCCALL, 33RD | — | Yea |
| MCGOWAN, 138TH | — | Nay |
| MEADOWS, 5TH | — | Yea |
| METZE, 55TH | — | Yea |
| MORRIS, 26TH | — | Yea |
| MORRIS, 156TH | — | Yea |
| MOSBY, 83RD | — | Nay |
| NGUYEN, 89TH | — | Nay |
| NIMMER, 178TH | — | Yea |
| NIX, 69TH | — | Yea |
| PEAKE, 141ST | — | Yea |
| PEZOLD, 133RD | — | Nay |
| PIRKLE, 155TH | — | Not Voting |
| PRICE, 48TH | — | Yea |
| PRUETT, 149TH | — | Yea |
| RAFFENSPERGER, 50TH | — | Yea |
| RAKESTRAW, 19TH | — | Nay |
| RALSTON, 7TH | — | Not Voting |
| ROGERS, 10TH | — | Yea |
| RUTLEDGE, 109TH | — | Yea |
| RYNDERS, 152ND | — | Yea |
| SHANNON, 84TH | — | Nay |
| SHAW, 176TH | — | Yea |
| SMITH, 134TH | — | Yea |
| SMYRE, 135TH | — | Yea |
| SPENCER, 180TH | — | Yea |
| STEPHENSON, 90TH | — | Nay |
| STOVALL, 74TH | — | Nay |
| STOVER, 71ST | — | Nay |
| TANKERSLEY, 160TH | — | Not Voting |
| TANNER, 9TH | — | Not Voting |
| TAYLOR, 79TH | — | Yea |
| TEASLEY, 37TH | — | Yea |
| THOMAS, 39TH | — | Not Voting |
| THOMAS, 56TH | — | Nay |
| TRAMMELL, 132ND | — | Nay |
| TURNER, 21ST | — | Not Voting |
| WALLACE, 119TH | — | Nay |
| WATSON, 172ND | — | Yea |
| WELCH, 110TH | — | Yea |
| WILLARD, 51ST | — | Nay |
| WILLIAMS, 87TH | — | Not Voting |
| WILLIAMS, 145TH | — | Yea |
| CALDWELL, JR. | — | Nay |
| CALDWELL, JR. | — | Yea |
| Al Williams | Democrat | Yea |
| Billy Mitchell | Democrat | Yea |
| Brian Prince | Democrat | Nay |
| Carl Gilliard | Democrat | Nay |
| Carolyn Hugley | Democrat | Yea |
| Dar'shun Kendrick | Democrat | Yea |
| David Wilkerson | Democrat | Nay |
| Debbie Buckner | Democrat | Not Voting |
| Debra Bazemore | Democrat | Nay |
| Demetrius Douglas | Democrat | Nay |
| Dewey McClain | Democrat | Nay |
| Dexter Sharper | Democrat | Nay |
| Doreen Carter | Democrat | Nay |
| Karen Bennett | Democrat | Nay |
| Karla Drenner | Democrat | Nay |
| Kim Schofield | Democrat | Nay |
| Kimberly Alexander | Democrat | Nay |
| Mack Jackson | Democrat | Yea |
| Mary Oliver | Democrat | Nay |
| Michael Smith | Democrat | Nay |
| Miriam Paris | Democrat | Nay |
| Park Cannon | Democrat | Nay |
| Rhonda Burnough | Democrat | Nay |
| Sally Harrell | Democrat | Yea |
| Sam Park | Democrat | Nay |
| Sandra Scott | Democrat | Nay |
| Scott Holcomb | Democrat | Nay |
| Sheila Nelson | Democrat | Nay |
| Spencer Frye | Democrat | Nay |
| Alan Powell | Republican | Yea |
| Alan Powell | Republican | Yea |
| Bill Hitchens | Republican | Yea |
| Bill Werkheiser | Republican | Nay |
| Brent Cox | Republican | Nay |
| Bruce Williamson | Republican | Yea |
| Butch Parrish | Republican | Yea |
| Charles Martin | Republican | Nay |
| Chuck Efstration | Republican | Yea |
| Darlene Taylor | Republican | Yea |
| Deborah Silcox | Republican | Yea |
| Don Parsons | Republican | Yea |
| Ed Setzler | Republican | Yea |
| Eddie Lumsden | Republican | Yea |
| Emory Dunahoo | Republican | Yea |
| Gerald Greene | Republican | Yea |
| Ginny Ehrhart | Republican | Yea |
| Jan Jones | Republican | Yea |
| Jason Ridley | Republican | Nay |
| Jason T. Dickerson | Republican | Nay |
| Jesse Petrea | Republican | Not Voting |
| John Carson | Republican | Yea |
| John Corbett | Republican | Yea |
| John LaHood | Republican | Yea |
| Jon Burns | Republican | Yea |
| Josh Bonner | Republican | Nay |
| Karen Mathiak | Republican | Nay |
| Kasey Carpenter | Republican | Nay |
| Katie Dempsey | Republican | Yea |
| Lee Hawkins | Republican | Yea |
| Lynn Smith | Republican | Not Voting |
| Mandi Ballinger | Republican | Yea |
| Mark Newton | Republican | Yea |
| Matt Dubnik | Republican | Yea |
| Matt Reeves | Republican | Yea |
| Rick Jasperse | Republican | Yea |
| Robert Dickey | Republican | Yea |
| Ron Stephens | Republican | Yea |
| Ron Stephens | Republican | Nay |
| Scott Hilton | Republican | Yea |
| Sharon Cooper | Republican | Yea |
| Shaw Blackmon | Republican | Nay |
| Steve Tarvin | Republican | Not Voting |
| Tim Fleming | Republican | Yea |
| Todd Jones | Republican | Not Voting |
| Trey Kelley | Republican | Yea |
| Trey Rhodes | Republican | Yea |
Subjects
Frequently asked questions
- What does HB 81 do?
- 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 allow certain health care facilities to receive income tax refund setoffs for collection of medical debts; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
- Who sponsors HB 81?
- HB 81 is sponsored by Tom McCall, Alan Powell (Republican), Buddy Harden, Rick Williams (Republican), Darlene Taylor (Republican), and Gerald Greene (Republican).
- What is the current status of HB 81?
- This bill died with 2017-2018 Regular Session. It reached “Passed House” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.
- Where can I track HB 81?
- Track HB 81 free on One Click Politics — get push/email alerts when it moves.
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