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type: "Bill"
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title: "Fireworks; revise the standard of compliance from explosion to ignition; definitions"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 10 of Title 25 of the O.C.G.A., relating to regulation of fireworks, so as to revise the standard of compliance from explosion to ignition; to provide for definitions; to amend Chapter 60 of Title 36 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions regarding provisions applicable to counties and municipal corporations, so as to provide for further regulations by municipal corporations; 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: "SB 369"
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citation: "Georgia SB 369 (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", "Brandon Beach", "Burt Jones", "Butch Miller", "Charlie Bethel", "David Shafer", "Fran Millar", "Frank Ginn", "Jeff Mullis", "John Albers", "Michael Williams", "Rick Jeffares", "Steve Gooch", "Tyler Harper"]
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version_count: 7
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action_count: 16
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2016-02-10"
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last_action: "2016-04-26"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3f02f438-78a8-4c0f-980b-20f3590e21c6"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "105a669fe88a74c409cf2d79028b3187dc64f1cf23efdc02a234125107205c37"
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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 369 (2015_16) — Fireworks; revise the standard of compliance from explosion to ignition; definitions
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 10 of Title 25 of the O.C.G.A., relating to regulation of fireworks, so as to revise the standard of compliance from explosion to ignition; to provide for definitions; to amend Chapter 60 of Title 36 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions regarding provisions applicable to counties and municipal corporations, so as to provide for further regulations by municipal corporations; 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. **As introduced LC 41 0704** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/157202.pdf)
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2. **As passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/158959.pdf)
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3. **Committee sub LC 41 0758S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/158366.pdf)
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4. **Floor Amendment AM 34 0735** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/160907.pdf)
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5. **LC 34 4943S/hss** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/160612.pdf)
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6. **SB 369/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/162403.pdf)
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7. **SB 369/HCSFA** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/161010.pdf)
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## Votes
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- PASSAGE BY SUBSTITUTE — **50–1** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Ben Watson — primary (person)
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- Brandon Beach — primary (person)
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- Burt Jones — primary (person)
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- Butch Miller — primary (person)
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- Charlie Bethel — primary (person)
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- David Shafer — primary (person)
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- Fran Millar — primary (person)
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- Frank Ginn — primary (person)
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- Jeff Mullis — primary (person)
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- John Albers — primary (person)
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- Michael Williams — primary (person)
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- Rick Jeffares — primary (person)
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- Steve Gooch — 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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- **2016-02-10** Senate Hopper
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- **2016-02-11** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2016-02-23** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2016-02-24** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2016-02-26** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2016-02-26** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2016-02-29** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2016-03-02** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2016-03-15** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2016-03-16** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2016-03-16** 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 336 `executive-signature`
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- **2016-04-26** 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/3f02f438-78a8-4c0f-980b-20f3590e21c6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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