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type: "Bill"
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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"
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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."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
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legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
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session: "2019_20"
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identifier: "HB 458"
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citation: "Georgia HB 458 (2019_20)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Beth Moore", "Jon Burns", "Joseph Gullett", "Kevin Cooke", "Timothy Barr", "Vance Smith"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 16
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2019-02-25"
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last_action: "2019-07-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/55eff6a6-130b-441f-bace-3209e5a14be5"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "f2c8a1e3bd3926795bc8497885b0459d313f0abeeb8ec7bab00c454e99e48fdf"
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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 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
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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.
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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 458/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/187641.pdf)
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2. **LC 45 0238/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/182621.pdf)
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3. **Sen ctee sub LC 45 0296ERS** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/185124.pdf)
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## Votes
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- PASSAGE — **170–2** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Beth Moore — primary (person)
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- Jon Burns — primary (person)
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- Joseph Gullett — primary (person)
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- Kevin Cooke — primary (person)
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- Timothy Barr — primary (person)
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- Vance Smith — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2019-02-25** House Hopper
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- **2019-02-26** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2019-02-27** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2019-03-05** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2019-03-07** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2019-03-07** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2019-03-08** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2019-03-21** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2019-03-22** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2019-03-28** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2019-03-28** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2019-04-02** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
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- **2019-04-11** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2019-05-07** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2019-05-07** Act 235 `executive-signature`
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- **2019-07-01** 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/55eff6a6-130b-441f-bace-3209e5a14be5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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