republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2013-14/sb-325.md

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Bill	Fire and Protection Safety; regulation of fire protection sprinkler contractors, fire extinguisher and suppression systems; provisions	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 25 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to fire protection and safety, so as to change provisions related to regulation of fire protection sprinkler contractors and fire extinguishers and suppression systems; to provide for changes to cease and desist orders; to provide for written notices; to change provisions relating to additional grounds for revocation or suspension of licenses; to provide for penalties; to provide for a civil action to enjoin violations of such provisions, rules, regulations, or orders issued by the Commissioner; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2013_14	SB 325	Georgia SB 325 (2013_14)	bill		enacted	Chuck Hufstetler Earl Carter John Albers William Ligon, Jr.	3	15	1	2014-01-24	2014-07-01	openstates	ocd-bill/5679054b-856c-4794-9c48-c246e81735e5	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	5739a7eca06932e4b53a7368e142855c1959dceb982faf13ab373c1b14e9d4e3	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia SB 325 (2013_14) — Fire and Protection Safety; regulation of fire protection sprinkler contractors, fire extinguisher and suppression systems; provisions

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 25 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to fire protection and safety, so as to change provisions related to regulation of fire protection sprinkler contractors and fire extinguishers and suppression systems; to provide for changes to cease and desist orders; to provide for written notices; to change provisions relating to additional grounds for revocation or suspension of licenses; to provide for penalties; to provide for a civil action to enjoin violations of such provisions, rules, regulations, or orders issued by the Commissioner; 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. As introduced LC 37 1677 (committee substitute) — source
2. As passed Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. SB 325/AP* (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• PASSAGE — 49–2 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Chuck Hufstetler — primary (person)
• Earl Carter — primary (person)
• John Albers — primary (person)
• William Ligon, Jr. — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2014-01-24 Senate Hopper
• 2014-01-27 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2014-02-07 Senate Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2014-02-10 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2014-02-20 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2014-02-20 Senate Passed/Adopted passage
• 2014-02-21 House First Readers reading-1
• 2014-02-24 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2014-03-06 House Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2014-03-11 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2014-03-11 House Passed/Adopted passage
• 2014-03-26 Senate Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2014-04-21 Senate Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2014-04-21 Act 559 executive-signature
• 2014-07-01 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/5679054b-856c-4794-9c48-c246e81735e5. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).