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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Drivers' licenses; demarcation of a valid driver's license, permit, or identification card; provide"
+description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 5 and Chapter 16 of Title 40 of the O.C.G.A., relating to drivers' licenses and the Department of Driver Services, respectively, so as to provide for demarcation of a valid driver's license, permit, or identification card by the Department of Driver Services and return of such license, permit, or card to a person applying for a new license or card; to provide for related matters; to provide for effective dates; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
+legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
+session: "2017_18"
+identifier: "HB 136"
+citation: "Georgia HB 136 (2017_18)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Amy Carter", "Betty Price", "Bill Hitchens", "Eddie Lumsden", "Kevin Tanner"]
+version_count: 0
+action_count: 18
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2017-01-25"
+last_action: "2017-07-01"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6d574f5f-4325-451e-80e3-1543a3eccb39"
+source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
+source_hash: "dec61f3ce9ef434fdc808daffd59f60bb8ed33cad32e4e4f4305f781d6dd3311"
+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 136 (2017_18) — Drivers' licenses; demarcation of a valid driver's license, permit, or identification card; provide
+
+A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 5 and Chapter 16 of Title 40 of the O.C.G.A., relating to drivers' licenses and the Department of Driver Services, respectively, so as to provide for demarcation of a valid driver's license, permit, or identification card by the Department of Driver Services and return of such license, permit, or card to a person applying for a new license or card; to provide for related matters; to provide for effective dates; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **159–5** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Amy Carter — primary (person)
+- Betty Price — primary (person)
+- Bill Hitchens — primary (person)
+- Eddie Lumsden — primary (person)
+- Kevin Tanner — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2017-01-25** House Hopper
+- **2017-01-26** House First Readers `reading-1`
+- **2017-01-30** House Second Readers `reading-2`
+- **2017-02-08** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2017-02-15** House Withdrawn, Recommitted `withdrawal, referral-committee`
+- **2017-02-21** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2017-02-24** House Third Readers `reading-3`
+- **2017-02-24** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
+- **2017-02-27** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
+- **2017-03-10** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2017-03-13** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
+- **2017-03-28** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
+- **2017-03-28** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
+- **2017-03-30** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
+- **2017-04-05** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2017-05-01** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2017-05-01** Act 55 `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/6d574f5f-4325-451e-80e3-1543a3eccb39`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
+