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type: "Bill"
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title: "Taxes on Tobacco Products; issuance of special event tobacco permits; authorizing off-premise sales of certain tobacco products; provide"
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description: "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."
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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: "SB 144"
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citation: "Georgia SB 144 (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: ["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"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 21
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2019-02-20"
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last_action: "2020-07-29"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/909e2b4c-5817-4add-bb1d-53fd8dd8ca26"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "18340b18fe81684cbc8c864ab19ee1022bbc2eab70cb80d3946a9276fccbafff"
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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 144 (2019_20) — Taxes on Tobacco Products; issuance of special event tobacco permits; authorizing off-premise sales of certain tobacco products; provide
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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.
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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 36 3840** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/182078.pdf)
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2. **As passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/183784.pdf)
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3. **Committee sub LC 36 3935S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/183371.pdf)
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4. **SB 144/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/194078.pdf)
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## Votes
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- PASSAGE BY SUBSTITUTE — **53–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Bill Cowsert — primary (person)
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- Burt Jones — primary (person)
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- Butch Miller — primary (person)
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- Chuck Payne — primary (person)
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- David Lucas — primary (person)
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- Ed Harbison — primary (person)
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- Ellis Black — primary (person)
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- Emanuel Jones — primary (person)
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- Freddie Sims — primary (person)
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- Harold Jones II — primary (person)
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- Jeff Mullis — primary (person)
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- Jennifer Jordan — primary (person)
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- Jesse Stone — primary (person)
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- John Kennedy — primary (person)
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- John Wilkinson — primary (person)
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- Larry Walker, III — primary (person)
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- Lee Anderson — primary (person)
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- Lindsey Tippins — primary (person)
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- Matt Brass — primary (person)
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- Mike Dugan — primary (person)
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- Randy Robertson — primary (person)
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- Steve Henson — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2019-02-20** Senate Hopper
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- **2019-02-21** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2019-03-01** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2019-03-04** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2019-03-05** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2019-03-05** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2019-03-07** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2019-03-08** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2019-03-21** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2019-03-25** House Postponed
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- **2019-03-26** House Postponed
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- **2019-03-28** House Postponed
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- **2019-03-29** House Postponed
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- **2019-04-02** House Withdrawn, Recommitted `withdrawal, referral-committee`
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- **2020-02-21** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2020-06-18** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2020-06-18** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2020-06-29** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2020-07-29** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2020-07-29** Act 509 `executive-signature`
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- **2020-07-29** 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/909e2b4c-5817-4add-bb1d-53fd8dd8ca26`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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