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+type: "Bill"
+title: "\"Motorcycle Mobility Safety Act\"; safe operation of a motorcycle; inoperative traffic-control signal"
+description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 40-6-20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to obedience to traffic-control devices, so as to provide for the safe operation of a motorcycle or lightweight motor vehicle through an inoperative traffic-control signal; to provide for a short title; 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: "SB 76"
+citation: "Georgia SB 76 (2015_16)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Burt Jones", "Butch Miller", "Charlie Bethel", "Jeff Mullis", "John Wilkinson", "Judson Hill", "Marty Harbin", "William Jackson"]
+version_count: 7
+action_count: 15
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2015-02-02"
+last_action: "2015-05-12"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/596362c2-6958-485c-b4cf-b863dbb31f32"
+source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
+source_hash: "63afa69cba6e2c3b36e975f9e512b2894ab907834311d892d9692a8c65ab2c26"
+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 SB 76 (2015_16) — "Motorcycle Mobility Safety Act"; safe operation of a motorcycle; inoperative traffic-control signal
+
+A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 40-6-20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to obedience to traffic-control devices, so as to provide for the safe operation of a motorcycle or lightweight motor vehicle through an inoperative traffic-control signal; to provide for a short title; 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. **As introduced LC 29 6187** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/146592.pdf)
+2. **As passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/150900.pdf)
+3. **Committee sub LC 41 0467S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/150068.pdf)
+4. **Floor amend 1 AM 41 0099** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/150808.pdf)
+5. **Floor amend 1a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/150768.pdf)
+6. **LC 41 0504S/hss** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/152342.pdf)
+7. **SB 76/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/153818.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE BY SUBSTITUTE — **51–4** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Burt Jones — primary (person)
+- Butch Miller — primary (person)
+- Charlie Bethel — primary (person)
+- Jeff Mullis — primary (person)
+- John Wilkinson — primary (person)
+- Judson Hill — primary (person)
+- Marty Harbin — primary (person)
+- William Jackson — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2015-02-02** Senate Hopper
+- **2015-02-03** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
+- **2015-03-05** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2015-03-09** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
+- **2015-03-11** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
+- **2015-03-11** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
+- **2015-03-13** House First Readers `reading-1`
+- **2015-03-18** House Second Readers `reading-2`
+- **2015-03-25** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2015-04-02** House Third Readers `reading-3`
+- **2015-04-02** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
+- **2015-04-02** Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
+- **2015-04-08** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2015-05-12** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2015-05-12** Veto V1 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/596362c2-6958-485c-b4cf-b863dbb31f32`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
+