Georgia state senators fast-track legislation to reduce state personal income tax

Blake Tillery stands in the well on the floor of the Senate chamber

Georgia Sen. Blake Tillery, R-Vidalia, presents HB 67 to the Senate, detailing the Senate Appropriation Committee’s amendments to the budget bill on Wednesday, February 26, 2025. Lt. Gov. Burt Jones stands in the background. (Matthew Pearson/WABE)

A group of mostly Republican Georgia state senators are quickly pushing through legislation to reduce the state personal income tax. 

This would be the first step in a plan to eventually eliminate the Georgia personal income tax by 2032 — a plan proposed by a special state Senate committee appointed by Republican Lt. Gov. Burt Jones last summer. 

The proposal comes as many states, particularly in the South, are moving toward or have already achieved zero personal income tax.