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type: "Bill"
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title: "Taxation on Consumer Fireworks; dedicate moneys collected; trauma care, fire services, and local public safety purposes"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 7 of Chapter 13 of Title 48 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to taxation of consumer fireworks, so as to dedicate moneys collected from the excise tax on the sale of consumer fireworks for trauma care, fire services, and local public safety purposes; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date contingent on a certain ratification of the Constitution of Georgia; 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: "SB 350"
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citation: "Georgia SB 350 (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: ["Ben Watson", "David Shafer", "Jeff Mullis", "John Kennedy", "Mike Dugan", "Tyler Harper"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 17
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2016-02-08"
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last_action: "2017-01-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fe21d9ef-ec5b-4c0f-b63f-ee1eeaa09b93"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "3a02ff75f8c9defe4b31987590a3d83ea7ba5131029fcacc22e0bdcf537a5d6c"
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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 SB 350 (2015_16) — Taxation on Consumer Fireworks; dedicate moneys collected; trauma care, fire services, and local public safety purposes
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 7 of Chapter 13 of Title 48 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to taxation of consumer fireworks, so as to dedicate moneys collected from the excise tax on the sale of consumer fireworks for trauma care, fire services, and local public safety purposes; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date contingent on a certain ratification of the Constitution of Georgia; 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. **As introduced LC 41 0698** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/156850.pdf)
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2. **As passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/158651.pdf)
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3. **LC 41 0788S/hss** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/160005.pdf)
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4. **SB 350/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/162383.pdf)
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## Votes
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- PASSAGE — **52–2** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Ben Watson — primary (person)
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- David Shafer — primary (person)
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- Jeff Mullis — primary (person)
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- John Kennedy — primary (person)
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- Mike Dugan — primary (person)
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- Tyler Harper — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2016-02-08** Senate Hopper
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- **2016-02-09** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2016-02-10** Senate Withdrawn & Recommitted `referral-committee, withdrawal`
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- **2016-02-18** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2016-02-19** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2016-02-24** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2016-02-24** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2016-02-25** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2016-02-26** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2016-03-10** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2016-03-14** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2016-03-14** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2016-03-24** Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
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- **2016-04-04** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2016-04-26** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2016-04-26** Act 387 `executive-signature`
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- **2017-01-01** 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/fe21d9ef-ec5b-4c0f-b63f-ee1eeaa09b93`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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