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Proposed Georgia Firearm Legislation HB79

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 prohibit the creation of certain lists or databases; 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: 2025-2026 Regular Session

Last Action: Senate Recommitted

Last Action Date: January 12, 2026

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); Sharon Cooper (R); Matt Reeves (R); Scott Hilton (R); Deborah Silcox (R); Sandy Donatucci (R); Jason Anavitarte (R);

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

History

Chamber	Date	Action
Senate	Jan 12, 2026	Senate Recommitted
Senate	Jan 12, 2026	Senate Taken from Table
Senate	Apr 2, 2025	Senate Tabled
Senate	Apr 2, 2025	Senate Engrossed
Senate	Mar 28, 2025	Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute
Senate	Mar 28, 2025	Senate Read Second Time
Senate	Mar 6, 2025	Senate Read and Referred
House	Mar 4, 2025	House Passed/Adopted By Substitute
House	Mar 4, 2025	House Third Readers
House	Feb 19, 2025	House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute
House	Jan 27, 2025	House Second Readers
House	Jan 17, 2025	House First Readers
House	Jan 16, 2025	House Hopper

Texts

Type	Date	State Link	Text
Comm Sub	Mar 29, 2025	state link	bill text
Comm Sub	Mar 4, 2025	state link	bill text
Comm Sub	Feb 19, 2025	state link	bill text
Introduced	Jan 17, 2025	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 #165	03/4/2025	165	8	2	5	Yes
Adesanya, Solomon (D) Yea Adeyina, Segun (D) Yea Alexander, Kimberly (D) Yea Anderson, Victor (R) Yea Au, Michelle (D) Yea Baker, Sylvia (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) Yea Beckles, Arlene (D) Yea Bell, Eric (D) Yea Bennett, Karen (D) Yea Bentley, Patty (D) Absent Berry, Bryce (D) Yea Blackmon, Shaw (R) Yea Bonner, Josh (R) 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) Yea 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 Clifton, Rob (R) Yea Cooper, Sharon (R) Yea Corbett, John (R) Yea Cox, Brent (R) Yea Crawford, Omari (D) Yea Crowe, Clinton (R) Yea Cummings, Terry (D) Yea Davis, Viola (D) Yea Dawson, Robert (D) Yea DeLoach, Homer (R) Yea Dempsey, Katie (R) Yea Dickey, Robert (R) Yea Donatucci, Sandy (R) Yea Douglas, Demetrius (D) Yea Draper, Saira (D) Yea Drenner, Karla (D) Yea Dubnik, Matt (R) Yea Dunahoo, Emory (R) Nay Efstration, Chuck (R) Yea Ehrhart, Ginny (R) Yea Erwin, Chris (R) Yea Evans, Stacey (D) Yea Fleming, Tim (R) Yea Flournoy, Robert (D) Yea Ford, Jaclyn (R) Yea Franklin, Lehman (R) Yea 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 Griffin, Floyd (D) Yea Gullett, Joseph (R) Yea Gunter, Stan (R) Absent Hagan, Leesa (R) Yea Hatchett, James (R) Yea Hawkins, Lee (R) Yea Henderson, Sharon (D) Yea Herring, Tangie (D) Yea Hilton, Scott (R) Yea Hitchens, Bill (R) Yea Holcomb, Scott (D) Yea Holland, Betsy (D) NV Holly, El-Mahdi (D) Yea Hong, Soo (R) Yea Horner, Mitchell (R) Nay Howard, Justin (R) Yea Howard, Karlton (D) Yea Huddleston, David (R) Yea Hugley, Carolyn (D) Yea Hutchinson, Shelly (D) Absent Jackson, Derrick (D) Yea Jackson, Edna (D) Yea Jackson, Mack (D) Yea Jasperse, Rick (R) Yea Jenkins, David (R) Yea Jones, Anissa (D) Yea Jones, Jan (R) Yea Jones, Sheila (D) Yea Jones, Todd (R) Yea Kahaian, Noelle (R) Nay Kelley, Trey (R) Yea Kendrick, Dar'shun (D) Yea LaHood, John (R) Yea Leverett, Rob (R) Yea Lewis-Ward, Regina (D) Yea Lim, Marvin (D) Yea Lumsden, Eddie (R) Yea Lupton, Karen (D) Yea Martin, Charles (R) Yea Martinez, Reynaldo (R) Absent Mathiak, Karen (R) Yea Mathis, Danny (R) Yea McClain, Dewey (D) Yea McCollum, Derrick (R) Yea McDonald, Lauren (R) Nay McQueen, Mekyah (D) Yea Meeks, Steven (R) Yea Miller, Tanya (D) Yea Mitchell, Billy (D) Yea Momtahan, Martin (R) Yea Moore, Angela (D) Yea Myles, L.C. (D) Yea Neal, Yasmin (D) Yea New, Kimberly (R) Yea Newton, Mark (R) Yea O'Steen, Angela (R) Yea Okoye, Gabe (D) Yea Olaleye, Phil (D) Yea Oliver, Mary (D) Yea Panitch, Esther (D) Yea Paris, Miriam (D) Yea Park, Samuel (D) Yea Parrish, Butch (R) Yea Parsons, Don (R) Yea Persinger, Holt (R) Yea Petrea, Jesse (R) Yea Powell, Alan (R) Yea Prince, Brian (D) Yea Reese, Tremaine (D) Yea Reeves, Matt (R) Yea Rhodes, Trey (R) Yea Rice, Carmen (R) Yea Richardson, Gary (R) Yea Ridley, Jason (R) Nay Ridley, Jordan (R) Nay Roberts, Shea (D) Yea Romman, Ruwa (D) Yea Sainz, Steven (R) Nay Sampson, David (D) Yea Sanchez, Gabriel (D) Yea Santos, Mary Ann (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) Absent Smith, Vance (R) Yea Stephens, Ron (R) Yea Tarvin, Steve (R) Yea Taylor, Darlene (R) Yea Taylor, Rhonda (D) Yea Thomas, Brad (R) Yea Townsend, Rick (R) Yea Tran, Long (D) Yea Wade, Will (R) Yea 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: Sb 214, Hb 66, Hb 79, Hb 129, Hb 134, Hb 141, Hb 370, Hb 397, Hb 445, Hb 463, Hb 532, Hb 586, Hb 652: Senate Vote #383	04/2/2025	31	24	0	1	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 Cowsert, Bill (R) Yea Davenport, Gail (D) Nay Dixon, Clint (R) Yea Dolezal, Greg (R) Yea Echols, Drew (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) Nay 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) Nay James, Donzella (D) Nay Jones, Emanuel (D) Nay Jones, Harold (D) Nay Kemp, RaShaun (D) Nay Kennedy, John (R) Yea Kirkpatrick, Kay (R) Yea Lucas, David (D) Nay Mallow, Derek (D) Nay Mangham, Randal (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 Setzler, Ed (R) Yea Sims, Freddie (D) Nay Still, Shawn (R) Yea Strickland, Brian (R) Yea Summers, Carden (R) Yea Tillery, Blake (R) Absent Walker, Larry (R) Yea Watson, Ben (R) Yea Watson, Sam (R) Yea Wicks, Kenya (D) Nay Williams, Ricky (R) Yea
resort votes by: party yeas nays name

Link: link to state bill page