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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Fire protection and safety; use of class B fire-fighting foam for testing purposes if such foam contains a certain class of fluorinated organic chemicals; prohibit"
+description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 2 of Title 25 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to regulation of fire and other hazards to persons and property generally, so as to prohibit the use of class B fire-fighting foam for testing purposes if such foam contains a certain class of fluorinated organic chemicals; to provide for definitions; to provide for exceptions; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
+legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
+session: "2019_20"
+identifier: "HB 458"
+citation: "Georgia HB 458 (2019_20)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Beth Moore", "Jon Burns", "Joseph Gullett", "Kevin Cooke", "Timothy Barr", "Vance Smith"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 16
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2019-02-25"
+last_action: "2019-07-01"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/55eff6a6-130b-441f-bace-3209e5a14be5"
+source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
+source_hash: "f2c8a1e3bd3926795bc8497885b0459d313f0abeeb8ec7bab00c454e99e48fdf"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ga"]
+---
+
+# Georgia HB 458 (2019_20) — Fire protection and safety; use of class B fire-fighting foam for testing purposes if such foam contains a certain class of fluorinated organic chemicals; prohibit
+
+A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 2 of Title 25 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to regulation of fire and other hazards to persons and property generally, so as to prohibit the use of class B fire-fighting foam for testing purposes if such foam contains a certain class of fluorinated organic chemicals; to provide for definitions; to provide for exceptions; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **HB 458/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/187641.pdf)
+2. **LC 45 0238/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/182621.pdf)
+3. **Sen ctee sub LC 45 0296ERS** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/185124.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **170–2** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Beth Moore — primary (person)
+- Jon Burns — primary (person)
+- Joseph Gullett — primary (person)
+- Kevin Cooke — primary (person)
+- Timothy Barr — primary (person)
+- Vance Smith — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2019-02-25** House Hopper
+- **2019-02-26** House First Readers `reading-1`
+- **2019-02-27** House Second Readers `reading-2`
+- **2019-03-05** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-03-07** House Third Readers `reading-3`
+- **2019-03-07** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
+- **2019-03-08** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
+- **2019-03-21** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-03-22** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
+- **2019-03-28** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
+- **2019-03-28** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
+- **2019-04-02** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
+- **2019-04-11** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2019-05-07** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2019-05-07** Act 235 `executive-signature`
+- **2019-07-01** Effective Date
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/55eff6a6-130b-441f-bace-3209e5a14be5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
+