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type: "Bill"
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title: "Tobacco; regulation of cigar wraps; provide"
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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 provide for the regulation of cigar wraps; to provide for related matters; to provide an effective date; 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 256"
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citation: "Georgia HB 256 (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", "Ben Harbin", "Jimmy Pruett", "Stacey Abrams", "Wendell Willard"]
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version_count: 2
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action_count: 15
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2013-02-07"
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last_action: "2013-05-06"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/853a4804-cf3b-43a0-ada5-93f14b5d7eef"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "e43e09ab3da09f086c761f77dfb97ae217037ded9ce93a35d8f7565255a94754"
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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 256 (2013_14) — Tobacco; regulation of cigar wraps; provide
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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 provide for the regulation of cigar wraps; to provide for related matters; to provide an effective date; 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 256/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/135113.pdf)
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2. **LC 28 6514/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/130134.pdf)
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## Votes
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- PASSAGE — **166–1** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Alan Powell — primary (person)
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- Ben Harbin — primary (person)
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- Jimmy Pruett — primary (person)
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- Stacey Abrams — primary (person)
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- Wendell Willard — 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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- **2013-02-21** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2013-03-04** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2013-03-04** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2013-03-05** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2013-03-13** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2013-03-14** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2013-03-20** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2013-03-20** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2013-04-01** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2013-05-06** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2013-05-06** Act 261 `executive-signature`
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- **2013-05-06** 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/853a4804-cf3b-43a0-ada5-93f14b5d7eef`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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