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83 lines
4.7 KiB
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type: "Bill"
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title: "Commerce and trade; tobacco product manufacturers; revise and add certain definitions; provisions"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapters 13 and 13A of Title 10 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to tobacco product manufacturers and master settlement agreement enhancements, respectively, so as to revise and add certain definitions; to provide for procedures, conditions, and limitations; to provide for responsibilities of cigarette importers and stamping agents; to provide for duties of the Attorney General and the revenue commissioner; to amend Chapter 11 of Title 48 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to taxes on tobacco products, so as to clarify applicability in conjunction with other provisions of law; 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 899"
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citation: "Georgia HB 899 (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 Jones", "Jay Powell", "John Meadows", "Jon Burns", "Stacey Abrams", "Terry England"]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 17
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2016-02-03"
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last_action: "2016-07-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3619979d-48a3-4db4-8828-01904da4b74d"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "89e622f6819bca2845d165f11f5cc928ed9172c2b94e741841ddc220a91e666e"
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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 899 (2015_16) — Commerce and trade; tobacco product manufacturers; revise and add certain definitions; provisions
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapters 13 and 13A of Title 10 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to tobacco product manufacturers and master settlement agreement enhancements, respectively, so as to revise and add certain definitions; to provide for procedures, conditions, and limitations; to provide for responsibilities of cigarette importers and stamping agents; to provide for duties of the Attorney General and the revenue commissioner; to amend Chapter 11 of Title 48 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to taxes on tobacco products, so as to clarify applicability in conjunction with other provisions of law; 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 899/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/161658.pdf)
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2. **LC 34 4784ER/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/156364.pdf)
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3. **LC 34 4864ERS/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/158954.pdf)
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4. **LC 34 4864ERS/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/158383.pdf)
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5. **Sen ctee sub LC 34 4920ERS** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/160289.pdf)
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## Votes
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- PASSAGE — **159–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Jan Jones — primary (person)
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- Jay Powell — primary (person)
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- John Meadows — primary (person)
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- Jon Burns — primary (person)
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- Stacey Abrams — primary (person)
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- Terry England — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2016-02-03** House Hopper
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- **2016-02-04** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2016-02-08** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2016-02-23** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2016-02-26** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2016-02-26** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2016-02-29** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2016-03-14** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2016-03-14** 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 By Substitute `passage`
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- **2016-03-22** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
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- **2016-03-29** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2016-04-27** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2016-04-27** Act 472 `executive-signature`
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- **2016-07-01** 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/3619979d-48a3-4db4-8828-01904da4b74d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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