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Bill Tobacco; regulation of cigar wraps; provide A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 7 of Chapter 12 of Title 16 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to sale or distribution to, or possession by, minors of cigarettes and tobacco related objects, so as to provide definitions; to provide for the regulation of cigar wraps; to provide for related matters; to provide an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. us/states/ga Georgia General Assembly 2013_14 HB 256 Georgia HB 256 (2013_14)
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Jimmy Pruett
Stacey Abrams
Wendell Willard
2 15 1 2013-02-07 2013-05-06 openstates ocd-bill/853a4804-cf3b-43a0-ada5-93f14b5d7eef http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl e43e09ab3da09f086c761f77dfb97ae217037ded9ce93a35d8f7565255a94754 2026-07-01 https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump 2026-07-06 reported
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Georgia HB 256 (2013_14) — Tobacco; regulation of cigar wraps; provide

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 7 of Chapter 12 of Title 16 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to sale or distribution to, or possession by, minors of cigarettes and tobacco related objects, so as to provide definitions; to provide for the regulation of cigar wraps; to provide for related matters; to provide an effective date; 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 256/AP* (committee substitute) — source
  2. LC 28 6514/a (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • PASSAGE — 1661 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

  • Alan Powell — primary (person)
  • Ben Harbin — primary (person)
  • Jimmy Pruett — primary (person)
  • Stacey Abrams — primary (person)
  • Wendell Willard — primary (person)

Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

  • 2013-02-07 House Hopper
  • 2013-02-08 House First Readers reading-1
  • 2013-02-11 House Second Readers reading-2
  • 2013-02-21 House Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
  • 2013-03-04 House Third Readers reading-3
  • 2013-03-04 House Passed/Adopted passage
  • 2013-03-05 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
  • 2013-03-13 Senate Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
  • 2013-03-14 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
  • 2013-03-20 Senate Third Read reading-3
  • 2013-03-20 Senate Passed/Adopted passage
  • 2013-04-01 House Sent to Governor executive-receipt
  • 2013-05-06 House Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
  • 2013-05-06 Act 261 executive-signature
  • 2013-05-06 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/853a4804-cf3b-43a0-ada5-93f14b5d7eef. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).