republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2019-20/hb-458.md

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Bill	Fire protection and safety; use of class B fire-fighting foam for testing purposes if such foam contains a certain class of fluorinated organic chemicals; prohibit	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 prohibit the use of class B fire-fighting foam for testing purposes if such foam contains a certain class of fluorinated organic chemicals; to provide for definitions; to provide for exceptions; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2019_20	HB 458	Georgia HB 458 (2019_20)	bill		enacted	Beth Moore Jon Burns Joseph Gullett Kevin Cooke Timothy Barr Vance Smith	3	16	1	2019-02-25	2019-07-01	openstates	ocd-bill/55eff6a6-130b-441f-bace-3209e5a14be5	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	f2c8a1e3bd3926795bc8497885b0459d313f0abeeb8ec7bab00c454e99e48fdf	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia HB 458 (2019_20) — Fire protection and safety; use of class B fire-fighting foam for testing purposes if such foam contains a certain class of fluorinated organic chemicals; prohibit

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 prohibit the use of class B fire-fighting foam for testing purposes if such foam contains a certain class of fluorinated organic chemicals; to provide for definitions; to provide for exceptions; to provide for related matters; 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 458/AP* (committee substitute) — source
2. LC 45 0238/a (committee substitute) — source
3. Sen ctee sub LC 45 0296ERS (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• PASSAGE — 170–2 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Beth Moore — primary (person)
• Jon Burns — primary (person)
• Joseph Gullett — primary (person)
• Kevin Cooke — primary (person)
• Timothy Barr — primary (person)
• Vance Smith — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-02-25 House Hopper
• 2019-02-26 House First Readers reading-1
• 2019-02-27 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2019-03-05 House Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-03-07 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2019-03-07 House Passed/Adopted passage
• 2019-03-08 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2019-03-21 Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-03-22 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2019-03-28 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2019-03-28 Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2019-04-02 House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
• 2019-04-11 House Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2019-05-07 House Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2019-05-07 Act 235 executive-signature
• 2019-07-01 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/55eff6a6-130b-441f-bace-3209e5a14be5. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).