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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Highways; uniform rules of the road; provisions"
+description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 32 and Chapter 6 of Title 40 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to highways and uniform rules of the road, respectively, so as to provide for the maximum length and load of vehicles; to provide for methods for determining load limits for vehicles utilizing idle reduction technology; to revise provisions for FlexAuto lanes; to clarify the meaning of certain flashing signals; to provide for rules of the road when approaching or entering an intersection with a signal in unactivated dark mode; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
+legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
+session: "2017_18"
+identifier: "HB 328"
+citation: "Georgia HB 328 (2017_18)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Al Williams", "James Epps", "Kevin Tanner", "Roger Rutledge", "Sam Watson"]
+version_count: 0
+action_count: 15
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2017-02-10"
+last_action: "2017-07-01"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f137c5b2-b0ec-4176-86b9-defb54c783ea"
+source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
+source_hash: "93e3dda3af2f6c824943929a70a2387f9838654ea432c9b66f548a10d2dcdc2b"
+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 328 (2017_18) — Highways; uniform rules of the road; provisions
+
+A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 32 and Chapter 6 of Title 40 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to highways and uniform rules of the road, respectively, so as to provide for the maximum length and load of vehicles; to provide for methods for determining load limits for vehicles utilizing idle reduction technology; to revise provisions for FlexAuto lanes; to clarify the meaning of certain flashing signals; to provide for rules of the road when approaching or entering an intersection with a signal in unactivated dark mode; 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.
+
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **165–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Al Williams — primary (person)
+- James Epps — primary (person)
+- Kevin Tanner — primary (person)
+- Roger Rutledge — primary (person)
+- Sam Watson — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2017-02-10** House Hopper
+- **2017-02-14** House First Readers `reading-1`
+- **2017-02-15** House Second Readers `reading-2`
+- **2017-02-23** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2017-03-01** House Third Readers `reading-3`
+- **2017-03-01** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
+- **2017-03-03** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
+- **2017-03-10** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2017-03-13** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
+- **2017-03-20** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
+- **2017-03-20** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
+- **2017-04-03** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2017-05-09** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2017-05-09** Act 256 `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/f137c5b2-b0ec-4176-86b9-defb54c783ea`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
+