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type: "Bill"
title: "Fire protection and safety; use of class B fire-fighting foam for testing purposes if such foam contains a certain class of fluorinated organic chemicals; prohibit"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 2 of Title 25 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to regulation of fire and other hazards to persons and property generally, so as to prohibit the use of class B fire-fighting foam for testing purposes if such foam contains a certain class of fluorinated organic chemicals; to provide for definitions; to provide for exceptions; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2019_20"
identifier: "HB 458"
citation: "Georgia HB 458 (2019_20)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Beth Moore", "Jon Burns", "Joseph Gullett", "Kevin Cooke", "Timothy Barr", "Vance Smith"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 16
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2019-02-25"
last_action: "2019-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/55eff6a6-130b-441f-bace-3209e5a14be5"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "f2c8a1e3bd3926795bc8497885b0459d313f0abeeb8ec7bab00c454e99e48fdf"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ga"]
---
# Georgia HB 458 (2019_20) — Fire protection and safety; use of class B fire-fighting foam for testing purposes if such foam contains a certain class of fluorinated organic chemicals; prohibit
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 2 of Title 25 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to regulation of fire and other hazards to persons and property generally, so as to prohibit the use of class B fire-fighting foam for testing purposes if such foam contains a certain class of fluorinated organic chemicals; to provide for definitions; to provide for exceptions; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **HB 458/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/187641.pdf)
2. **LC 45 0238/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/182621.pdf)
3. **Sen ctee sub LC 45 0296ERS** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/185124.pdf)
## Votes
- PASSAGE — **1702** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Beth Moore — primary (person)
- Jon Burns — primary (person)
- Joseph Gullett — primary (person)
- Kevin Cooke — primary (person)
- Timothy Barr — primary (person)
- Vance Smith — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2019-02-25** House Hopper
- **2019-02-26** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2019-02-27** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2019-03-05** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-07** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2019-03-07** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2019-03-08** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-21** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-22** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2019-03-28** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2019-03-28** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2019-04-02** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
- **2019-04-11** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-07** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-07** Act 235 `executive-signature`
- **2019-07-01** Effective Date
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/55eff6a6-130b-441f-bace-3209e5a14be5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).