republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2015-16/sr-558.md

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Bill	General Assembly; proceeds of excise taxes on sale of fireworks; funding of trauma care -CA	A RESOLUTION proposing an amendment to the Constitution so as to provide that the proceeds of excise taxes on the sale of fireworks in this state be dedicated to the funding of trauma care, fire services, burn treatment, and local public safety purposes in the State of Georgia; to provide that such funds shall not lapse; to provide for related matters; to provide for the submission of this amendment for ratification or rejection; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2015_16	SR 558	Georgia SR 558 (2015_16)	resolution		enacted	Ben Watson Brandon Beach Bruce Thompson Burt Jones Butch Miller Charlie Bethel Chuck Hufstetler Dean Burke Donzella James Ed Harbison Ellis Black Fran Millar Frank Ginn Freddie Powell Sims Gail Davenport Gloria Butler Greg Kirk Harold Jones II Horacena Tate Hunter Hill Jack Hill Jeff Mullis Jesse Stone John Albers John Kennedy John Wilkinson Joshua McKoon Judson Hill Lester Jackson Lindsey Tippins Michael 'Doc' Rhett Michael Williams Mike Dugan P. K. Martin IV Rick Jeffares Ross Tolleson Tommie Williams Tyler Harper Valencia Seay William Jackson William Ligon, Jr.	4	14	1	2015-03-19	2016-05-03	openstates	ocd-bill/15c249f9-7393-4aca-8b47-c133d761a646	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	9ea53b782e8ff0e168cdd4105dd3959d5570301110aaa6d4a021214fb51f59c3	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia SR 558 (2015_16) — General Assembly; proceeds of excise taxes on sale of fireworks; funding of trauma care -CA

A RESOLUTION proposing an amendment to the Constitution so as to provide that the proceeds of excise taxes on the sale of fireworks in this state be dedicated to the funding of trauma care, fire services, burn treatment, and local public safety purposes in the State of Georgia; to provide that such funds shall not lapse; to provide for related matters; to provide for the submission of this amendment for ratification or rejection; and for other purposes.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. Adopted Senate (committee substitute) — source
2. As introduced LC 28 7547 (committee substitute) — source
3. Committee sub LC 41 0686S (committee substitute) — source
4. SR 558/AP* (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• ADOPTION OF CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT BY SUBSTITUTE — 52–2 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Ben Watson — primary (person)
• Brandon Beach — primary (person)
• Bruce Thompson — primary (person)
• Burt Jones — primary (person)
• Butch Miller — primary (person)
• Charlie Bethel — primary (person)
• Chuck Hufstetler — primary (person)
• Dean Burke — primary (person)
• Donzella James — primary (person)
• Ed Harbison — primary (person)
• Ellis Black — primary (person)
• Fran Millar — primary (person)
• Frank Ginn — primary (person)
• Freddie Powell Sims — primary (person)
• Gail Davenport — primary (person)
• Gloria Butler — primary (person)
• Greg Kirk — primary (person)
• Harold Jones II — primary (person)
• Horacena Tate — primary (person)
• Hunter Hill — primary (person)
• Jack Hill — primary (person)
• Jeff Mullis — primary (person)
• Jesse Stone — primary (person)
• John Albers — primary (person)
• John Kennedy — primary (person)
• John Wilkinson — primary (person)
• Joshua McKoon — primary (person)
• Judson Hill — primary (person)
• Lester Jackson — primary (person)
• Lindsey Tippins — primary (person)
• Michael 'Doc' Rhett — primary (person)
• Michael Williams — primary (person)
• Mike Dugan — primary (person)
• P. K. Martin IV — primary (person)
• Rick Jeffares — primary (person)
• Ross Tolleson — primary (person)
• Tommie Williams — primary (person)
• Tyler Harper — primary (person)
• Valencia Seay — primary (person)
• William Jackson — primary (person)
• William Ligon, Jr. — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2015-03-19 Senate Hopper
• 2015-03-20 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2016-02-18 Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2016-02-19 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2016-02-24 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2016-02-24 Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2016-02-25 House First Readers reading-1
• 2016-02-26 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2016-03-10 House Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2016-03-15 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2016-03-15 House Passed/Adopted passage
• 2016-03-30 Senate Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2016-05-03 Senate Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2016-05-03 Act 530 executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/15c249f9-7393-4aca-8b47-c133d761a646. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).