republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2015-16/sb-369.md

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Bill	Fireworks; revise the standard of compliance from explosion to ignition; definitions	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 the standard of compliance from explosion to ignition; to provide for definitions; to amend Chapter 60 of Title 36 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions regarding provisions applicable to counties and municipal corporations, so as to provide for further regulations by municipal corporations; 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	SB 369	Georgia SB 369 (2015_16)	bill		enacted	Ben Watson Brandon Beach Burt Jones Butch Miller Charlie Bethel David Shafer Fran Millar Frank Ginn Jeff Mullis John Albers Michael Williams Rick Jeffares Steve Gooch Tyler Harper	7	16	1	2016-02-10	2016-04-26	openstates	ocd-bill/3f02f438-78a8-4c0f-980b-20f3590e21c6	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	105a669fe88a74c409cf2d79028b3187dc64f1cf23efdc02a234125107205c37	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia SB 369 (2015_16) — Fireworks; revise the standard of compliance from explosion to ignition; definitions

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 the standard of compliance from explosion to ignition; to provide for definitions; to amend Chapter 60 of Title 36 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions regarding provisions applicable to counties and municipal corporations, so as to provide for further regulations by municipal corporations; 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. As introduced LC 41 0704 (committee substitute) — source
2. As passed Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. Committee sub LC 41 0758S (committee substitute) — source
4. Floor Amendment AM 34 0735 (committee substitute) — source
5. LC 34 4943S/hss (committee substitute) — source
6. SB 369/AP* (committee substitute) — source
7. SB 369/HCSFA (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• PASSAGE BY SUBSTITUTE — 50–1 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Ben Watson — primary (person)
• Brandon Beach — primary (person)
• Burt Jones — primary (person)
• Butch Miller — primary (person)
• Charlie Bethel — primary (person)
• David Shafer — primary (person)
• Fran Millar — primary (person)
• Frank Ginn — primary (person)
• Jeff Mullis — primary (person)
• John Albers — primary (person)
• Michael Williams — primary (person)
• Rick Jeffares — primary (person)
• Steve Gooch — primary (person)
• Tyler Harper — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2016-02-10 Senate Hopper
• 2016-02-11 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2016-02-23 Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2016-02-24 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2016-02-26 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2016-02-26 Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2016-02-29 House First Readers reading-1
• 2016-03-02 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2016-03-15 House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2016-03-16 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2016-03-16 House Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2016-03-24 Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
• 2016-04-04 Senate Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2016-04-26 Senate Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2016-04-26 Act 336 executive-signature
• 2016-04-26 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/3f02f438-78a8-4c0f-980b-20f3590e21c6. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).