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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Motor vehicles; issuance of replacement licenses and permits; increase fee"
+description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 5 of Title 40 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to drivers' licenses, so as to increase the fee for issuance of replacement licenses and permits; to increase the fee for the issuance and renewal of limited driving permits; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
+legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
+session: "2021_22"
+identifier: "HB 246"
+citation: "Georgia HB 246 (2021_22)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Danny Mathis", "Jason Ridley", "John Corbett", "Martin Momtahan", "Sam Watson"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 20
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2021-02-02"
+last_action: "2022-07-01"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a6dcec7b-5ce8-44d1-82a9-232c49bf8ea3"
+source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
+source_hash: "2fc262ae2e610af3c30b0539ab43a95f92f477710ff5b58ae614222e72324ce7"
+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 246 (2021_22) — Motor vehicles; issuance of replacement licenses and permits; increase fee
+
+A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 5 of Title 40 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to drivers' licenses, so as to increase the fee for issuance of replacement licenses and permits; to increase the fee for the issuance and renewal of limited driving permits; 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. **HB 246/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/211735.pdf)
+2. **LC 39 2760/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/196538.pdf)
+3. **Sen ctee sub LC 39 3421S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/210022.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **153–17** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Danny Mathis — primary (person)
+- Jason Ridley — primary (person)
+- John Corbett — primary (person)
+- Martin Momtahan — primary (person)
+- Sam Watson — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2021-02-02** House Hopper
+- **2021-02-03** House First Readers `reading-1`
+- **2021-02-04** House Second Readers `reading-2`
+- **2021-02-09** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-02-11** House Third Readers `reading-3`
+- **2021-02-11** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
+- **2021-02-16** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
+- **2021-03-11** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-03-15** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
+- **2021-03-29** Senate Tabled
+- **2022-01-10** Senate Taken from Table
+- **2022-01-10** Senate Recommitted `referral-committee`
+- **2022-03-23** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2022-03-28** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
+- **2022-03-28** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
+- **2022-04-01** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
+- **2022-04-07** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2022-05-02** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2022-05-02** Act 738 `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/a6dcec7b-5ce8-44d1-82a9-232c49bf8ea3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
+