republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2015-16/hb-727.md

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Bill	Fireworks; certain further regulations by counties and municipal corporations; provide	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 10 of Title 25 of the O.C.G.A., relating to regulation of fireworks, so as to revise provisions relating to the sale, use, or explosion thereof; to amend Chapter 60 of Title 36 of the O.C.G.A., relating to general provisions regarding local government provisions applicable to counties and municipal corporations, so as to provide for certain further regulations by counties, municipal corporations, and consolidated governments; to amend Article 7 of Chapter 13 of Title 48 of the O.C.G.A., relating to taxation of consumer fireworks, so as to provide for local excise taxation of consumer fireworks and the collection of such excise tax; 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 727	Georgia HB 727 (2015_16)	bill		enacted	Dominic LaRiccia Don Parsons Margaret Kaiser Paul Battles Scot Turner	10	24	1	2016-01-11	2016-04-26	openstates	ocd-bill/5cc66b05-d025-4fc8-b039-9766e8835360	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	e779978b0b18402949cecf10ba5ceb9e3259daf4ab2ac4be1e355c08779e8f43	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia HB 727 (2015_16) — Fireworks; certain further regulations by counties and municipal corporations; provide

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 10 of Title 25 of the O.C.G.A., relating to regulation of fireworks, so as to revise provisions relating to the sale, use, or explosion thereof; to amend Chapter 60 of Title 36 of the O.C.G.A., relating to general provisions regarding local government provisions applicable to counties and municipal corporations, so as to provide for certain further regulations by counties, municipal corporations, and consolidated governments; to amend Article 7 of Chapter 13 of Title 48 of the O.C.G.A., relating to taxation of consumer fireworks, so as to provide for local excise taxation of consumer fireworks and the collection of such excise tax; 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. Floor Amendment AM 41 0156 (committee substitute) — source
2. Floor Amendment AM 41 0218 (committee substitute) — source
3. Floor amend 1 (committee substitute) — source
4. HB 727/AP* (committee substitute) — source
5. LC 36 2999S/hcs (committee substitute) — source
6. LC 36 2999S/hs (committee substitute) — source
7. LC 41 0581/a (committee substitute) — source
8. LC 41 0829S/CCR (committee substitute) — source
9. Sen ctee sub LC 41 0800S (committee substitute) — source
10. Sen floor amend AM 41 0227 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• AM 41 0156 — 51–121 (fail) · lower

Sponsors

• Dominic LaRiccia — primary (person)
• Don Parsons — primary (person)
• Margaret Kaiser — primary (person)
• Paul Battles — primary (person)
• Scot Turner — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2016-01-11 House Hopper
• 2016-01-12 House First Readers reading-1
• 2016-01-13 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2016-02-24 House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2016-02-29 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2016-02-29 House Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2016-03-02 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2016-03-10 Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2016-03-11 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2016-03-15 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2016-03-15 Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2016-03-22 House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub As Amended
• 2016-03-24 Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub As Amended
• 2016-03-24 House Disagreed Senate Amend or Sub
• 2016-03-24 Senate Insisted
• 2016-03-24 House Insisted
• 2016-03-24 House Conference Committee Appointed 15th, 17th, 21st
• 2016-03-24 Senate Conference Committee Appointed 1st, 53rd, 7th
• 2016-03-24 House Conference Committee Report Adopted
• 2016-03-25 Senate Conference Committee Report Adopted
• 2016-04-04 House Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2016-04-26 House Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2016-04-26 Act 330 executive-signature
• 2016-04-26 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/5cc66b05-d025-4fc8-b039-9766e8835360. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).