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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Motor vehicles; operation of motorized mobility devices; provide"
+description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 40 of the O.C.G.A., relating to motor vehicles and traffic, so as to provide for the operation of motorized mobility devices; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
+legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
+session: "2019_20"
+identifier: "HB 454"
+citation: "Georgia HB 454 (2019_20)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Houston Gaines", "Kevin Tanner", "Sharon Cooper", "Spencer Frye", "Teri Anulewicz"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 18
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2019-02-22"
+last_action: "2019-07-01"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/24e194be-6379-4218-ba26-d84800317d4f"
+source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
+source_hash: "19610b90551a9d7cd2f0565c234e918595f83faca805295dc335933656ec4f77"
+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 454 (2019_20) — Motor vehicles; operation of motorized mobility devices; provide
+
+A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 40 of the O.C.G.A., relating to motor vehicles and traffic, so as to provide for the operation of motorized mobility devices; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; 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 454/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/187638.pdf)
+2. **LC 39 2150/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/182533.pdf)
+3. **LC 39 2192S/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/184246.pdf)
+4. **LC 39 2192S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/183575.pdf)
+5. **Sen ctee sub LC 39 2366S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/185927.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **133–28** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Houston Gaines — primary (person)
+- Kevin Tanner — primary (person)
+- Sharon Cooper — primary (person)
+- Spencer Frye — primary (person)
+- Teri Anulewicz — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2019-02-22** House Hopper
+- **2019-02-25** House First Readers `reading-1`
+- **2019-02-26** House Second Readers `reading-2`
+- **2019-03-04** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-03-07** House Third Readers `reading-3`
+- **2019-03-07** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
+- **2019-03-08** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
+- **2019-03-26** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-03-26** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
+- **2019-03-29** Senate Tabled
+- **2019-04-02** Senate Taken from Table
+- **2019-04-02** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
+- **2019-04-02** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
+- **2019-04-02** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
+- **2019-04-11** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2019-04-26** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2019-04-26** Act 56 `executive-signature`
+- **2019-07-01** Effective Date
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/24e194be-6379-4218-ba26-d84800317d4f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
+