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Senators advance four income-tax bills to the floor after brief floor exchange
Summary
State senators agreed to put four linked income-tax measures on the floor for consideration tomorrow after a short exchange clarifying that SB 476 would phase down the income tax while SB 477 (and companion HB 463) would eliminate the tax for lower-income households; the motion passed unanimously.
State senators at the Georgia capital voted unanimously to place four income-tax measures on the floor for consideration tomorrow after a short floor exchange clarifying differences between the bills.
The chamber agreed to move SB 476, SB 477, HB 134 and HB 463 to the floor. A motion to do so was made by Senator Cowser and seconded by Senator Anderson; the presiding chair called for those in favor to raise their hands and said, 'Motion carries unanimous.'
The senators on the floor described SB 476 as an incremental decrease in the state income tax. SB 477 (and its companion measure HB 463) includes tax credits and was said during floor discussion to eliminate income tax for households with combined incomes up to $100,000 filing jointly, and up to $50,000 for individuals. Participants also noted HB 134 corresponds to SB 476.
A brief aside during the exchange touched on probate judges and their effectiveness at lobbying, and one speaker noted that Senator Tiller did not attend to present his own bills. The chair and other lawmakers concluded it made sense to proceed with the four named measures and to bring them to the floor the following day.
The session opened with a prayer led by a senator identified in the transcript as 'Senator Dr.' and then moved promptly into the procedural motion that carried the bills to the floor. No numeric roll-call tally was recorded in the transcript; the chair characterized the result as unanimous.
Next steps: the four measures were scheduled for formal floor consideration tomorrow; no further committee amendments or floor debate outcomes were recorded in the provided transcript.
