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type: "Bill"
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title: "Offenses Against Public Health And Morals; vaping in restricted areas is a misdemeanor punishable by fine; provide"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 12 of Title 16 of the O.C.G.A., relating to offenses against public health and morals, so as to provide that vaping in restricted areas is a misdemeanor punishable by fine; 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: "2023_24"
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identifier: "SB 47"
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citation: "Georgia SB 47 (2023_24)"
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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", "Carden Summers", "Chuck Hufstetler", "Frank Ginn", "Kay Kirkpatrick", "Max Burns", "Nan Orrock", "Rick Williams", "Shelly Echols"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 15
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2023-01-30"
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last_action: "2023-07-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e887c754-15e4-44e6-b689-7e79b69d10bd"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "586f2d838d64984a42ee277de26ea08df78c936dedd6466946e14481c61c66ef"
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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 47 (2023_24) — Offenses Against Public Health And Morals; vaping in restricted areas is a misdemeanor punishable by fine; provide
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 12 of Title 16 of the O.C.G.A., relating to offenses against public health and morals, so as to provide that vaping in restricted areas is a misdemeanor punishable by fine; 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. **As introduced LC 44 2152** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/213062.pdf)
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2. **As passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/214811.pdf)
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3. **Committee sub LC 33 9340S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/213794.pdf)
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4. **SB 47/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/219040.pdf)
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## Votes
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- Senate Vote #47 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **51–3** (pass) · upper
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- House Vote #266 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **152–14** (pass) · lower
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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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- Carden Summers — primary (person)
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- Chuck Hufstetler — primary (person)
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- Frank Ginn — primary (person)
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- Kay Kirkpatrick — primary (person)
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- Max Burns — primary (person)
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- Nan Orrock — primary (person)
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- Rick Williams — primary (person)
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- Shelly Echols — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2023-01-30** Senate Hopper `introduction`
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- **2023-01-31** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2023-02-07** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-02-08** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2023-02-15** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2023-02-15** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2023-02-16** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2023-02-21** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2023-03-15** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-03-21** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2023-03-21** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2023-04-05** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2023-05-01** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2023-05-01** Act 75 `executive-signature`
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- **2023-07-01** 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/e887c754-15e4-44e6-b689-7e79b69d10bd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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