republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2015-16/hb-312.md

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Bill	Tobacco products; manufacturers and importers; remove certain bonding requirements	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 48-11-4 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the licensing of persons engaged in tobacco business, initial and annual fees, suspension and revocation, registration and inspection of vending machines, bond by distributor, jurisdiction, and licensing of promotional activities, so as to remove certain bonding requirements pertaining to manufacturers and importers of tobacco products; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2015_16	HB 312	Georgia HB 312 (2015_16)	bill		enacted	Jan Tankersley Penny Houston Valerie Clark	2	16	1	2015-02-11	2015-05-06	openstates	ocd-bill/c08efc78-5516-45ee-b1ba-c6568eb0e5b1	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	cd4834591f4f9b06575c70b7f111cfa45ca1a4131fd228461127ba2945d83153	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia HB 312 (2015_16) — Tobacco products; manufacturers and importers; remove certain bonding requirements

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 48-11-4 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the licensing of persons engaged in tobacco business, initial and annual fees, suspension and revocation, registration and inspection of vending machines, bond by distributor, jurisdiction, and licensing of promotional activities, so as to remove certain bonding requirements pertaining to manufacturers and importers of tobacco products; to provide for related matters; to provide for 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 312/AP* (committee substitute) — source
2. LC 34 4459/a (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• PASSAGE — 169–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Jan Tankersley — primary (person)
• Penny Houston — primary (person)
• Valerie Clark — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2015-02-11 House Hopper
• 2015-02-12 House First Readers reading-1
• 2015-02-17 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2015-03-02 House Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2015-03-04 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2015-03-04 House Passed/Adopted passage
• 2015-03-05 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2015-03-26 Senate Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2015-03-26 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2015-03-31 Senate Engrossed passage
• 2015-03-31 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2015-03-31 Senate Passed/Adopted passage
• 2015-04-07 House Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2015-05-06 House Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2015-05-06 Act 142 executive-signature
• 2015-05-06 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/c08efc78-5516-45ee-b1ba-c6568eb0e5b1. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).