republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2013-14/sb-305.md

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Bill	Fire Protection and Safety; written notification prior to the denial of a permit; buildings/structures required to meet the state minimum fire safety standards	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 provide that written notification and an opportunity to remedy be given prior to the denial of a permit or request for a certificate of occupancy or certificate of completion or the issuance of a stop-work order with regard to buildings or structures required to meet the state minimum fire safety standards; to provide for definitions; to provide for an exception; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date and applicability; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2013_14	SB 305	Georgia SB 305 (2013_14)	bill		enacted	Bill Cowsert Brandon Beach Bruce Thompson Burt Jones Butch Miller Cecil Staton Charlie Bethel Chuck Hufstetler David Lucas David Shafer Dean Burke Don Balfour Earl Carter Ed Harbison Fran Millar Frank Ginn Freddie Powell Sims Hardie Davis Hunter Hill Jack Hill Jack Murphy Jeff Mullis Jesse Stone John Albers John Crosby John Wilkinson Joshua McKoon Lindsey Tippins Mike Crane Mike Dugan Renee Unterman Rick Jeffares Ronnie Chance Ross Tolleson Tim Golden Tommie Williams Tyler Harper William Jackson William Ligon, Jr.	4	15	1	2014-01-22	2014-07-01	openstates	ocd-bill/2529630e-9855-4d71-8b23-69d1980fb48e	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	4c3812c54c4185d6e3d5dc054160adf3af9716cfde3763924c739ca22c3b3497	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia SB 305 (2013_14) — Fire Protection and Safety; written notification prior to the denial of a permit; buildings/structures required to meet the state minimum fire safety standards

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 provide that written notification and an opportunity to remedy be given prior to the denial of a permit or request for a certificate of occupancy or certificate of completion or the issuance of a stop-work order with regard to buildings or structures required to meet the state minimum fire safety standards; to provide for definitions; to provide for an exception; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date and applicability; 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. As introduced LC 36 2434 (committee substitute) — source
2. As passed Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. Committee sub LC 36 2473S (committee substitute) — source
4. SB 305/AP* (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• PASSAGE BY SUBSTITUTE — 51–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Bill Cowsert — primary (person)
• Brandon Beach — primary (person)
• Bruce Thompson — primary (person)
• Burt Jones — primary (person)
• Butch Miller — primary (person)
• Cecil Staton — primary (person)
• Charlie Bethel — primary (person)
• Chuck Hufstetler — primary (person)
• David Lucas — primary (person)
• David Shafer — primary (person)
• Dean Burke — primary (person)
• Don Balfour — primary (person)
• Earl Carter — primary (person)
• Ed Harbison — primary (person)
• Fran Millar — primary (person)
• Frank Ginn — primary (person)
• Freddie Powell Sims — primary (person)
• Hardie Davis — primary (person)
• Hunter Hill — primary (person)
• Jack Hill — primary (person)
• Jack Murphy — primary (person)
• Jeff Mullis — primary (person)
• Jesse Stone — primary (person)
• John Albers — primary (person)
• John Crosby — primary (person)
• John Wilkinson — primary (person)
• Joshua McKoon — primary (person)
• Lindsey Tippins — primary (person)
• Mike Crane — primary (person)
• Mike Dugan — primary (person)
• Renee Unterman — primary (person)
• Rick Jeffares — primary (person)
• Ronnie Chance — primary (person)
• Ross Tolleson — primary (person)
• Tim Golden — primary (person)
• Tommie Williams — primary (person)
• Tyler Harper — primary (person)
• William Jackson — primary (person)
• William Ligon, Jr. — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2014-01-22 Senate Hopper
• 2014-01-23 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2014-02-05 Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2014-02-06 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2014-02-10 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2014-02-10 Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2014-02-11 House First Readers reading-1
• 2014-02-17 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2014-03-04 House Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2014-03-11 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2014-03-11 House Passed/Adopted passage
• 2014-03-25 Senate Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2014-04-21 Senate Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2014-04-21 Act 556 executive-signature
• 2014-07-01 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/2529630e-9855-4d71-8b23-69d1980fb48e. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).