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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Speed restrictions; impeding traffic flow and minimum speed in left-hand lanes; modify provisions"
+description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 9 of Chapter 6 of Title 40 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to speed restrictions, so as to modify provisions relating to impeding traffic flow and minimum speed in left-hand lanes; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date and applicability; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
+legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
+session: "2013_14"
+identifier: "HB 459"
+citation: "Georgia HB 459 (2013_14)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Barry Fleming", "Bill Hitchens", "Eddie Lumsden", "Jon Burns", "Kevin Tanner", "Lee Hawkins"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 16
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2013-02-22"
+last_action: "2014-07-01"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fa343de4-1c0d-4597-bb15-cb164ece5c90"
+source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
+source_hash: "08b7a7420a0e3ca989cfb5cfc993bda296d8d9db8d336c4bb13b40d1aa78a548"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ga"]
+---
+
+# Georgia HB 459 (2013_14) — Speed restrictions; impeding traffic flow and minimum speed in left-hand lanes; modify provisions
+
+A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 9 of Chapter 6 of Title 40 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to speed restrictions, so as to modify provisions relating to impeding traffic flow and minimum speed in left-hand lanes; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date and applicability; 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 459/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/143318.pdf)
+2. **LC 35 2883/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/132057.pdf)
+3. **LC 40 0583S/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/141580.pdf)
+4. **LC 40 0583S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/141285.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **162–9** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Barry Fleming — primary (person)
+- Bill Hitchens — primary (person)
+- Eddie Lumsden — primary (person)
+- Jon Burns — primary (person)
+- Kevin Tanner — primary (person)
+- Lee Hawkins — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2013-02-22** House Hopper
+- **2013-02-25** House First Readers `reading-1`
+- **2013-02-26** House Second Readers `reading-2`
+- **2014-02-24** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2014-02-26** House Third Readers `reading-3`
+- **2014-02-26** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
+- **2014-02-26** House Notice to Reconsider
+- **2014-03-04** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
+- **2014-03-07** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2014-03-10** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
+- **2014-03-11** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
+- **2014-03-11** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
+- **2014-03-24** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2014-04-15** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2014-04-15** Act 495 `executive-signature`
+- **2014-07-01** Effective Date
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fa343de4-1c0d-4597-bb15-cb164ece5c90`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
+