Georgia House · 2026 Regular Session

HB 1070: Increase and extend an income tax credit for expenditures on the maintenance of railroad track owned or leased by Class III railroads

Passage · Feb. 25, 2026 · Yeas 167, nays 2

What the bill does

The bill increases and extends an income tax credit for spending on the maintenance of railroad track owned or leased by Class III railroads.

A plain-language summary drafted with AI from the official text below, then checked against that text by a separate AI review. It describes the bill, not this particular motion. How these numbers work

The bill’s caption, as the Journal prints it with this vote
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 income tax imposition, rate, computation, exemptions, and credits, so as to increase and extend an income tax credit for expenditures on the maintenance of railroad track owned or leased by Class III railroads; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Official source ↗

How each party voted

Democrats
Yea 72 · Nay 0 · Not voting 6
Republicans
Yea 95 · Nay 2 · Not voting 1

Majority Leader Chuck Efstration voted yea.

Bill

Bill
HB 1070
Motion
Passage
Date
Feb. 25, 2026
Session
2026 Regular Session
Presiding
Jon Burns
Yeas–nays
Yeas 167, nays 2; 7 didn't vote (6 excused, 0 abstained)

Official record: the Journal (PDF) ↗

The chamber on this vote

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How each member voted

Yea (167)

Nay (2)

Excused (6)

Not voting (1)