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type: "Bill"
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title: "Excise tax; tobacco products; clarify certain charges"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 11 of Title 48 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to taxes on tobacco products, so as to clarify that certain charges are not subject to state excise tax; 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: "2015_16"
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identifier: "HB 726"
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citation: "Georgia HB 726 (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: ["Alan Powell", "Allen Peake", "Brett Harrell", "Geoff Duncan", "James Epps", "Kevin Tanner"]
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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: "2016-01-11"
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last_action: "2016-05-03"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8c157db8-a32c-481f-b7f6-b4f5b13e62c7"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "218c6f556671ae8bae1f1d46cd0a3bb78835f42a1bf9b65e5d1c963ef8568c24"
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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 726 (2015_16) — Excise tax; tobacco products; clarify certain charges
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 11 of Title 48 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to taxes on tobacco products, so as to clarify that certain charges are not subject to state excise tax; 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 726/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/161089.pdf)
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2. **LC 34 4723/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/154235.pdf)
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## Votes
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- PASSAGE — **163–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Alan Powell — primary (person)
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- Allen Peake — primary (person)
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- Brett Harrell — primary (person)
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- Geoff Duncan — primary (person)
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- James Epps — primary (person)
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- Kevin Tanner — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2016-01-11** House Hopper
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- **2016-01-12** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2016-01-13** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2016-02-04** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2016-02-10** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2016-02-10** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2016-02-11** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2016-03-15** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2016-03-15** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2016-03-16** Senate Engrossed `passage`
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- **2016-03-16** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2016-03-16** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2016-03-28** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2016-05-03** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2016-05-03** Veto V7 `executive-signature`
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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/8c157db8-a32c-481f-b7f6-b4f5b13e62c7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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