republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2019-20/sb-144.md

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Bill	Taxes on Tobacco Products; issuance of special event tobacco permits; authorizing off-premise sales of certain tobacco products; provide	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 11 of Title 48 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to taxes on tobacco products, so as to provide for the issuance of special event tobacco permits to licensed dealers authorizing off-premise sales of certain tobacco products at special events or temporary locations; to provide for such permits a fee and limitations as to the validity period; to provide for the promulgation of certain rules and regulations by the state revenue commissioner; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2019_20	SB 144	Georgia SB 144 (2019_20)	bill		enacted	Bill Cowsert Burt Jones Butch Miller Chuck Payne David Lucas Ed Harbison Ellis Black Emanuel Jones Freddie Sims Harold Jones II Jeff Mullis Jennifer Jordan Jesse Stone John Kennedy John Wilkinson Larry Walker, III Lee Anderson Lindsey Tippins Matt Brass Mike Dugan Randy Robertson Steve Henson	4	21	1	2019-02-20	2020-07-29	openstates	ocd-bill/909e2b4c-5817-4add-bb1d-53fd8dd8ca26	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	18340b18fe81684cbc8c864ab19ee1022bbc2eab70cb80d3946a9276fccbafff	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia SB 144 (2019_20) — Taxes on Tobacco Products; issuance of special event tobacco permits; authorizing off-premise sales of certain tobacco products; provide

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 11 of Title 48 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to taxes on tobacco products, so as to provide for the issuance of special event tobacco permits to licensed dealers authorizing off-premise sales of certain tobacco products at special events or temporary locations; to provide for such permits a fee and limitations as to the validity period; to provide for the promulgation of certain rules and regulations by the state revenue commissioner; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; 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. As introduced LC 36 3840 (committee substitute) — source
2. As passed Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. Committee sub LC 36 3935S (committee substitute) — source
4. SB 144/AP* (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• PASSAGE BY SUBSTITUTE — 53–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Bill Cowsert — primary (person)
• Burt Jones — primary (person)
• Butch Miller — primary (person)
• Chuck Payne — primary (person)
• David Lucas — primary (person)
• Ed Harbison — primary (person)
• Ellis Black — primary (person)
• Emanuel Jones — primary (person)
• Freddie Sims — primary (person)
• Harold Jones II — primary (person)
• Jeff Mullis — primary (person)
• Jennifer Jordan — primary (person)
• Jesse Stone — primary (person)
• John Kennedy — primary (person)
• John Wilkinson — primary (person)
• Larry Walker, III — primary (person)
• Lee Anderson — primary (person)
• Lindsey Tippins — primary (person)
• Matt Brass — primary (person)
• Mike Dugan — primary (person)
• Randy Robertson — primary (person)
• Steve Henson — primary (person)

Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

• 2019-02-20 Senate Hopper
• 2019-02-21 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2019-03-01 Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-03-04 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2019-03-05 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2019-03-05 Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2019-03-07 House First Readers reading-1
• 2019-03-08 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2019-03-21 House Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-03-25 House Postponed
• 2019-03-26 House Postponed
• 2019-03-28 House Postponed
• 2019-03-29 House Postponed
• 2019-04-02 House Withdrawn, Recommitted withdrawal, referral-committee
• 2020-02-21 House Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2020-06-18 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2020-06-18 House Passed/Adopted passage
• 2020-06-29 Senate Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2020-07-29 Senate Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2020-07-29 Act 509 executive-signature
• 2020-07-29 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/909e2b4c-5817-4add-bb1d-53fd8dd8ca26. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).