# Georgia HB 1000: Income tax; one-time tax credit for individual taxpayers who filed income tax returns for the 2024 and 2025 taxable years; provide

Georgia HB 1000, Income tax; one-time tax credit for individual taxpayers who filed income tax returns for the 2024 and 2025 taxable years; provide, is a 2025-2026 Regular Session House bill sponsored by Shaw Blackmon (Republican), Matthew Gambill (Republican), Soo Hong (Republican) and 3 others; status signed, last action 2026-03-20 (House Sent to Governor); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-10-11).

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## Facts
- Bill: Georgia HB 1000
- State: Georgia
- Session: 2025-2026 Regular Session
- Title: Income tax; one-time tax credit for individual taxpayers who filed income tax returns for the 2024 and 2025 taxable years; provide
- Status: signed
- Chamber: House
- Introduced: 2026-01-16
- Last action: 2026-03-20, House Sent to Governor
- Sponsors: Shaw Blackmon (Republican), Matthew Gambill (Republican), Soo Hong (Republican), Devan Seabaugh (Republican), Will Wade (Republican), Bruce Williamson (Republican)
- Cosponsors: 1
- Subjects: Ways & Means, Finance, General Bill
- Touches household money: yes
- Roll calls: 3 (257 yes, 20 no in all)
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 1

## Summary

No summary available.

## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read

- One-time tax refunds for Georgia filers: benefit, medium. The law creates an automatic, one-time refund after you file your 2025 Georgia income tax return. You must file both your 2024 and 2025 Georgia returns by the 2025 return deadline, including extensions. Based on your 2024 filing status, the maximum is $250 for single filers or married people filing…

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: Shaw Blackmon (Republican), House
- Sponsor: Matthew Gambill (Republican), House
- Sponsor: Soo Hong (Republican), House
- Sponsor: Devan Seabaugh (Republican), House
- Sponsor: Will Wade (Republican), House
- Sponsor: Bruce Williamson (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Bo Hatchett (Republican), Senate

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026-03-16 | Senate | PASSAGE | pass | 53 | 0 | 3 |
| 2026-03-16 | Senate | MOTION TO ENGROSS | pass | 32 | 20 | 2 |
| 2026-03-04 | House | PASSAGE | pass | 172 | 0 | 4 |

## Actions (16)

- 2026-03-20: House Sent to Governor (House)
- 2026-03-20: House Date Signed by Governor (House)
- 2026-03-20: Act 374
- 2026-03-20: Effective Date
- 2026-03-16: Senate Engrossed (Senate)
- 2026-03-16: Senate Third Read (Senate)
- 2026-03-16: Senate Passed/Adopted (Senate)
- 2026-03-12: Senate Read Second Time (Senate)
- 2026-03-10: Senate Committee Favorably Reported (Senate)
- 2026-03-06: Senate Read and Referred (Senate)
- 2026-03-04: House Third Readers (House)
- 2026-03-04: House Passed/Adopted (House)
- 2026-02-26: House Committee Favorably Reported (House)
- 2026-01-28: House Second Readers (House)
- 2026-01-27: House First Readers (House)
- 2026-01-16: House Hopper (House)

## Bill text

- HB 1000/AP* (v4): [PDF](https://www.legis.ga.gov/api/legislation/document/20252026/246128)

## Related bills

- SB 160: Reckless Stunt Driving; a motor vehicle involved in a second offense of reckless stunt driving; replace the forfeiture penalty (signed)
- SB 384: Motor Vehicle; optional five-year motor vehicle registration and revalidation for certain motor vehicles; provide (signed)
- SB 76: License Plates; specialty license plate benefitting the Georgia Veterans Service Foundation; establish (signed)
- SB 406: "Georgia Property Owners' Bill of Rights Act"; enact (signed)
- HB 1391: Specialty license plates; honor public safety officers; establish (signed)
- HB 1344: Georgia Insurance Affordability and Claims Integrity Act; enact (signed)

## Sources
- [HB 1000/AP* (v4) (PDF)](https://www.legis.ga.gov/api/legislation/document/20252026/246128)

## Related
- [SB 160: Reckless Stunt Driving; a motor vehicle involved in a second offense of reckles…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/GA-SB160-2025-2026)
- [SB 384: Motor Vehicle; optional five-year motor vehicle registration and revalidation f…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/GA-SB384-2025-2026)
- [SB 76: License Plates; specialty license plate benefitting the Georgia Veterans Servic…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/GA-SB76-2025-2026)
- [SB 406: "Georgia Property Owners' Bill of Rights Act"; enact](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/GA-SB406-2025-2026)
- [HB 1391: Specialty license plates; honor public safety officers; establish](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/GA-HB1391-2025-2026)
- [HB 1344: Georgia Insurance Affordability and Claims Integrity Act; enact](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/GA-HB1344-2025-2026)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/GA-HB1000-2025-2026 (as of 2026-10-11).