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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Drivers' licenses; require driver who refused blood alcohol concentration testing to install and maintain ignition interlock devices on vehicle; provisions"
+description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 5 of Title 40 of the O.C.G.A., relating to drivers' licenses, so as to require a driver who refused blood alcohol concentration testing as required by implied consent laws or an offender convicted of DUI with a blood alcohol concentration of 0.15 grams or higher to install and maintain ignition interlock devices on his or her vehicle; to amend Chapter 6 of Title 40 of the O.C.G.A., relating to uniform rules of the road, so as to provide for the probation of terms of imprisonment for DUI offenders in certain instances; to amend Article 7 of Chapter 8 of Title 42 of the O.C.G.A., relating to ignition interlock devices as condition of probation, so as to provide for the court issuance of a certificate of installation of ignition interlock devices; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
+legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
+session: "2015_16"
+identifier: "HB 205"
+citation: "Georgia HB 205 (2015_16)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Jesse Petrea", "Tom Rice"]
+version_count: 6
+action_count: 22
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2015-02-03"
+last_action: "2017-07-01"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/af4500b5-09ae-4243-a46a-56c2a4dd5ffb"
+source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
+source_hash: "07e64e3d0e4e1e4a33b7d444eac65c7b8931c6f1492738469dbda97927973886"
+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 205 (2015_16) — Drivers' licenses; require driver who refused blood alcohol concentration testing to install and maintain ignition interlock devices on vehicle; provisions
+
+A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 5 of Title 40 of the O.C.G.A., relating to drivers' licenses, so as to require a driver who refused blood alcohol concentration testing as required by implied consent laws or an offender convicted of DUI with a blood alcohol concentration of 0.15 grams or higher to install and maintain ignition interlock devices on his or her vehicle; to amend Chapter 6 of Title 40 of the O.C.G.A., relating to uniform rules of the road, so as to provide for the probation of terms of imprisonment for DUI offenders in certain instances; to amend Article 7 of Chapter 8 of Title 42 of the O.C.G.A., relating to ignition interlock devices as condition of probation, so as to provide for the court issuance of a certificate of installation of ignition interlock devices; 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 205/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/162407.pdf)
+2. **LC 29 6952S/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/158848.pdf)
+3. **LC 29 6952S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/157846.pdf)
+4. **LC 39 0888/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/146759.pdf)
+5. **LC 39 1422S/CCR** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/162016.pdf)
+6. **Sen ctee sub LC 29 7122S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/160746.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **169–4** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Jesse Petrea — primary (person)
+- Tom Rice — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2015-02-03** House Hopper
+- **2015-02-04** House First Readers `reading-1`
+- **2015-02-09** House Second Readers `reading-2`
+- **2016-02-18** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2016-02-25** House Third Readers `reading-3`
+- **2016-02-25** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
+- **2016-02-26** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
+- **2016-03-16** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2016-03-16** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
+- **2016-03-22** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
+- **2016-03-22** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
+- **2016-03-24** House Disagreed Senate Amend or Sub
+- **2016-03-24** Senate Insisted
+- **2016-03-24** House Insisted
+- **2016-03-24** House Conference Committee Appointed 95th, 40th, 68th
+- **2016-03-24** Senate Conference Committee Appointed 23rd, 18th, 54th
+- **2016-03-24** House Conference Committee Report Adopted
+- **2016-03-25** Senate Conference Committee Report Adopted
+- **2016-04-04** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2016-04-26** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2016-04-26** Act 408 `executive-signature`
+- **2017-07-01** Effective Date
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/af4500b5-09ae-4243-a46a-56c2a4dd5ffb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
+