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type: "Bill"
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title: "Preston Fant and Brant Chesney Firefighter Safety Act; enact"
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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 require notice to be posted upon certain buildings of the use of light-frame truss-type construction; to provide for rules and regulations; to provide for enforcement; to provide for definitions; to provide for a short title; 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: "2025_26"
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identifier: "HB 1086"
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citation: "Georgia HB 1086 (2025_26)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["FIRE PROTECTION AND SAFETY"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Brent Cox", "Chas Cannon", "Derrick McCollum", "Johnny Chastain", "Lauren McDonald III", "Rick Jasperse"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 14
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2026-01-29"
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last_action: "2026-05-11"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c9e6c52e-7eec-4640-95cd-b689f9d87d2d"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "fd59db266eec410b5f48fabd5ee51aa14745c103fe41c79982a89afaef2685c3"
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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 1086 (2025_26) — Preston Fant and Brant Chesney Firefighter Safety Act; enact
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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 require notice to be posted upon certain buildings of the use of light-frame truss-type construction; to provide for rules and regulations; to provide for enforcement; to provide for definitions; to provide for a short title; 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 1086/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/246937.pdf)
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2. **LC 63 0049/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/240839.pdf)
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3. **LC 63 0086S/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/243419.pdf)
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4. **LC 63 0086S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/242130.pdf)
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## Votes
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- Senate Vote #774 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **45–0** (pass) · upper
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- House Vote #540 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **161–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Brent Cox — primary (person)
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- Chas Cannon — primary (person)
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- Derrick McCollum — primary (person)
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- Johnny Chastain — primary (person)
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- Lauren McDonald III — primary (person)
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- Rick Jasperse — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2026-01-29** House Hopper `introduction`
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- **2026-02-02** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2026-02-03** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2026-02-10** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2026-02-20** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2026-02-20** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2026-02-24** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2026-03-12** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2026-03-16** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2026-03-20** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2026-03-20** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2026-04-06** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2026-05-11** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2026-05-11** Act 443 `executive-signature`
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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/c9e6c52e-7eec-4640-95cd-b689f9d87d2d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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