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type: "Bill"
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title: "Tobacco; sale of alternative nicotine products or components to minors; prohibit"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 7 of Chapter 12 of Title 16 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to sale or distribution to, or possession by, minors of cigarettes and tobacco related objects, so as to provide definitions; to prohibit the sale of alternative nicotine products or components thereof to minors; to provide for verification of age prior to sale; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
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legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
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session: "2013_14"
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identifier: "HB 251"
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citation: "Georgia HB 251 (2013_14)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Alan Powell"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 17
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2013-02-07"
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last_action: "2014-07-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/65079abf-e178-40c4-942e-ac0cf9dc842c"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "554b72889590fed7abd061b3af32ad15fab7260623e4dbd117cc1df26a50b2aa"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ga"]
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---
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# Georgia HB 251 (2013_14) — Tobacco; sale of alternative nicotine products or components to minors; prohibit
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 7 of Chapter 12 of Title 16 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to sale or distribution to, or possession by, minors of cigarettes and tobacco related objects, so as to provide definitions; to prohibit the sale of alternative nicotine products or components thereof to minors; to provide for verification of age prior to sale; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **HB 251/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/144960.pdf)
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2. **LC 28 6532ER/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/130105.pdf)
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3. **LC 28 7064ERS/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/141153.pdf)
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4. **LC 28 7064ERS/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/140649.pdf)
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## Votes
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- PASSAGE — **164–2** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Alan Powell — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2013-02-07** House Hopper
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- **2013-02-08** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2013-02-11** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2014-02-20** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2014-02-24** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2014-02-24** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2014-02-25** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2014-03-13** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2014-03-13** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2014-03-18** Senate Tabled
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- **2014-03-20** Senate Taken from Table
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- **2014-03-20** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2014-03-20** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2014-03-26** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2014-04-15** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2014-04-15** Act 491 `executive-signature`
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- **2014-07-01** Effective Date
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/65079abf-e178-40c4-942e-ac0cf9dc842c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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