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type: "Bill"
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title: "Public Employee Hazardous Chemical Protection and Rights to Know Act of 1988; transfer responsibility to Safety Fire Commissioner; provisions"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 22 of Title 45 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, the \"Public Employee Hazardous Chemical Protection and Right to Know Act of 1988,\" so as to transfer responsibility under such chapter to the Safety Fire Commissioner; to define certain terms; to provide for rules and regulations; to provide for the provision of certain information relative to hazardous materials to the commissioner; to provide for grievances and judicial review; 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: "2015_16"
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identifier: "HB 278"
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citation: "Georgia HB 278 (2015_16)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["David Clark", "Heath Clark", "Jeff Jones", "Jimmy Pruett", "Timothy Barr", "Wes Cantrell"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 15
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2015-02-09"
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last_action: "2016-01-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8a13611d-2706-4628-a55b-f0b4e82cabf3"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "76af197473d17058582f610ee01f9819cf41df4e268903a6c463f7bd48b13ac8"
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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 278 (2015_16) — Public Employee Hazardous Chemical Protection and Rights to Know Act of 1988; transfer responsibility to Safety Fire Commissioner; provisions
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 22 of Title 45 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, the "Public Employee Hazardous Chemical Protection and Right to Know Act of 1988," so as to transfer responsibility under such chapter to the Safety Fire Commissioner; to define certain terms; to provide for rules and regulations; to provide for the provision of certain information relative to hazardous materials to the commissioner; to provide for grievances and judicial review; 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 278/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/153409.pdf)
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2. **LC 21 3596/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/147108.pdf)
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3. **LC 21 3728S/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/150769.pdf)
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4. **LC 21 3728S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/149979.pdf)
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## Votes
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- PASSAGE — **170–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- David Clark — primary (person)
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- Heath Clark — primary (person)
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- Jeff Jones — primary (person)
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- Jimmy Pruett — primary (person)
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- Timothy Barr — primary (person)
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- Wes Cantrell — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2015-02-09** House Hopper
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- **2015-02-10** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2015-02-11** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2015-03-04** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2015-03-11** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2015-03-11** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2015-03-13** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2015-03-23** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2015-03-24** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2015-03-27** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2015-03-27** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2015-04-06** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2015-05-06** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2015-05-06** Act 137 `executive-signature`
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- **2016-01-01** 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/8a13611d-2706-4628-a55b-f0b4e82cabf3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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