The Georgia Senate gave final passage to a measure providing up to $500 in income tax rebates to Georgians who filed state income tax returns in both 2025 and 2024.
HB 1000, sponsored by Cartersville Republican state Rep. Matthew Gambill, passed the Senate Monday with a 53-0 vote. Once signed by the governor, the state Department of Revenue will determine when Georgians could get the rebate, which will be $250 for single filers, $375 for head of households and $500 for married couples filing jointly.
“This was something that we’ve done four times in a row now. We have a surplus. We give that money back to the taxpayer who truly owns the money,” Cornelia Republican state Sen. Bo Hatchett, who is one of the governor’s floor leaders, said to reporters after the bill’s passage.
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