republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2013-14/hb-251.md

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Bill	Tobacco; sale of alternative nicotine products or components to minors; prohibit	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 7 of Chapter 12 of Title 16 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to sale or distribution to, or possession by, minors of cigarettes and tobacco related objects, so as to provide definitions; to prohibit the sale of alternative nicotine products or components thereof to minors; to provide for verification of age prior to sale; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2013_14	HB 251	Georgia HB 251 (2013_14)	bill		enacted	Alan Powell	4	17	1	2013-02-07	2014-07-01	openstates	ocd-bill/65079abf-e178-40c4-942e-ac0cf9dc842c	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	554b72889590fed7abd061b3af32ad15fab7260623e4dbd117cc1df26a50b2aa	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia HB 251 (2013_14) — Tobacco; sale of alternative nicotine products or components to minors; prohibit

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 7 of Chapter 12 of Title 16 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to sale or distribution to, or possession by, minors of cigarettes and tobacco related objects, so as to provide definitions; to prohibit the sale of alternative nicotine products or components thereof to minors; to provide for verification of age prior to sale; to provide for related matters; 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. HB 251/AP* (committee substitute) — source
2. LC 28 6532ER/a (committee substitute) — source
3. LC 28 7064ERS/hcs (committee substitute) — source
4. LC 28 7064ERS/hs (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• PASSAGE — 164–2 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Alan Powell — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2013-02-07 House Hopper
• 2013-02-08 House First Readers reading-1
• 2013-02-11 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2014-02-20 House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2014-02-24 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2014-02-24 House Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2014-02-25 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2014-03-13 Senate Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2014-03-13 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2014-03-18 Senate Tabled
• 2014-03-20 Senate Taken from Table
• 2014-03-20 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2014-03-20 Senate Passed/Adopted passage
• 2014-03-26 House Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2014-04-15 House Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2014-04-15 Act 491 executive-signature
• 2014-07-01 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/65079abf-e178-40c4-942e-ac0cf9dc842c. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).