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type: "Bill"
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title: "Tobacco products; manufacturers and importers; remove certain bonding requirements"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 48-11-4 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the licensing of persons engaged in tobacco business, initial and annual fees, suspension and revocation, registration and inspection of vending machines, bond by distributor, jurisdiction, and licensing of promotional activities, so as to remove certain bonding requirements pertaining to manufacturers and importers of tobacco products; to provide for related matters; to provide for 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: "2015_16"
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identifier: "HB 312"
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citation: "Georgia HB 312 (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: ["Jan Tankersley", "Penny Houston", "Valerie Clark"]
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version_count: 2
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action_count: 16
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2015-02-11"
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last_action: "2015-05-06"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c08efc78-5516-45ee-b1ba-c6568eb0e5b1"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "cd4834591f4f9b06575c70b7f111cfa45ca1a4131fd228461127ba2945d83153"
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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 312 (2015_16) — Tobacco products; manufacturers and importers; remove certain bonding requirements
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 48-11-4 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the licensing of persons engaged in tobacco business, initial and annual fees, suspension and revocation, registration and inspection of vending machines, bond by distributor, jurisdiction, and licensing of promotional activities, so as to remove certain bonding requirements pertaining to manufacturers and importers of tobacco products; to provide for related matters; to provide for 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 312/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/153470.pdf)
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2. **LC 34 4459/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/147527.pdf)
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## Votes
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- PASSAGE — **169–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Jan Tankersley — primary (person)
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- Penny Houston — primary (person)
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- Valerie Clark — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2015-02-11** House Hopper
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- **2015-02-12** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2015-02-17** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2015-03-02** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2015-03-04** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2015-03-04** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2015-03-05** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2015-03-26** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2015-03-26** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2015-03-31** Senate Engrossed `passage`
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- **2015-03-31** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2015-03-31** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2015-04-07** 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 142 `executive-signature`
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- **2015-05-06** 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/c08efc78-5516-45ee-b1ba-c6568eb0e5b1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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