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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Traffic offenses; enhanced penalties for violations of fleeing or attempting to elude a police officer; provide"
+description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 15 of Chapter 6 of Title 40 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to serious traffic offenses, so as to provide for enhanced penalties for violations of fleeing or attempting to elude a police officer; to provide for enhanced penalties for fleeing or eluding a police officer during the commission of certain crimes or under certain circumstances; to prohibit the use of a blue light to impersonate a law enforcement officer; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date and applicability; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
+legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
+session: "2021_22"
+identifier: "HB 1216"
+citation: "Georgia HB 1216 (2021_22)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Alan Powell", "Bill Hitchens", "Eddie Lumsden", "J Collins", "Jon Burns", "Lauren McDonald"]
+version_count: 7
+action_count: 18
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2022-02-03"
+last_action: "2022-07-01"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4f245c35-3e5a-4521-ba59-5a66cdc1be6f"
+source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
+source_hash: "ff908d811d4db1ff3de67b1a1281c477bd95cc1d6eee108e3368691befa229b6"
+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 1216 (2021_22) — Traffic offenses; enhanced penalties for violations of fleeing or attempting to elude a police officer; provide
+
+A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 15 of Chapter 6 of Title 40 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to serious traffic offenses, so as to provide for enhanced penalties for violations of fleeing or attempting to elude a police officer; to provide for enhanced penalties for fleeing or eluding a police officer during the commission of certain crimes or under certain circumstances; to prohibit the use of a blue light to impersonate a law enforcement officer; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date and applicability; 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 1216/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/212214.pdf)
+2. **LC 39 3124-EC/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/205184.pdf)
+3. **LC 39 3269S/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/208246.pdf)
+4. **LC 39 3269S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/207442.pdf)
+5. **SCSFA to HB 1216** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/211600.pdf)
+6. **Sen ctee sub LC 49 0990S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/210303.pdf)
+7. **Sen floor amend 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/211380.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **95–62** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Alan Powell — primary (person)
+- Bill Hitchens — primary (person)
+- Eddie Lumsden — primary (person)
+- J Collins — primary (person)
+- Jon Burns — primary (person)
+- Lauren McDonald — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2022-02-03** House Hopper
+- **2022-02-07** House First Readers `reading-1`
+- **2022-02-08** House Second Readers `reading-2`
+- **2022-02-24** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2022-03-03** House Third Readers `reading-3`
+- **2022-03-03** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
+- **2022-03-04** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
+- **2022-03-25** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2022-03-28** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
+- **2022-04-01** Senate Tabled
+- **2022-04-01** Senate Taken from Table
+- **2022-04-01** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
+- **2022-04-01** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
+- **2022-04-04** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
+- **2022-04-07** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2022-04-25** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2022-04-25** Act 646 `executive-signature`
+- **2022-07-01** Effective Date
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4f245c35-3e5a-4521-ba59-5a66cdc1be6f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
+