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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Motor vehicles; require registration application forms to include optional information regarding certain conditions which may interfere with a registrant's ability to communicate"
+description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 40-2-26 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to form and contents of application for registration, heavy vehicle tax, and satisfactory proof of insurance, so as to require motor vehicle registration application forms to include optional information regarding certain conditions which may interfere with a registrant's ability to communicate; to provide for the sharing of such information with law enforcement upon a vehicle tag inquiry; 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 43"
+citation: "Georgia HB 43 (2021_22)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Bill Werkheiser", "Charles Martin", "Jan Jones", "Martin Momtahan", "Randy Nix", "Wes Cantrell"]
+version_count: 6
+action_count: 19
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2020-12-15"
+last_action: "2021-07-01"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9d4d14bc-100d-4603-8927-b47768b1bb06"
+source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
+source_hash: "3d33dfe5e0966e9fde1af2a33cc5200f4cadde3b7be09301d86adaa7992eff15"
+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 43 (2021_22) — Motor vehicles; require registration application forms to include optional information regarding certain conditions which may interfere with a registrant's ability to communicate
+
+A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 40-2-26 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to form and contents of application for registration, heavy vehicle tax, and satisfactory proof of insurance, so as to require motor vehicle registration application forms to include optional information regarding certain conditions which may interfere with a registrant's ability to communicate; to provide for the sharing of such information with law enforcement upon a vehicle tag inquiry; 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 43/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/202439.pdf)
+2. **LC 39 2737/pf** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/195573.pdf)
+3. **LC 39 2803S/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/198798.pdf)
+4. **LC 39 2803S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/196553.pdf)
+5. **LC39 2737/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/195646.pdf)
+6. **Sen ctee sub LC 39 3010S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/200592.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **169–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Bill Werkheiser — primary (person)
+- Charles Martin — primary (person)
+- Jan Jones — primary (person)
+- Martin Momtahan — primary (person)
+- Randy Nix — primary (person)
+- Wes Cantrell — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2020-12-15** House Prefiled `introduction`
+- **2021-01-11** House Hopper
+- **2021-01-12** House First Readers `reading-1`
+- **2021-01-13** House Second Readers `reading-2`
+- **2021-02-02** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-02-25** House Third Readers `reading-3`
+- **2021-02-25** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
+- **2021-02-26** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
+- **2021-03-17** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-03-18** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
+- **2021-03-29** Senate Tabled
+- **2021-03-29** Senate Taken from Table
+- **2021-03-29** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
+- **2021-03-29** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
+- **2021-03-31** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
+- **2021-04-07** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2021-05-03** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2021-05-03** Act 150 `executive-signature`
+- **2021-07-01** Effective Date
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9d4d14bc-100d-4603-8927-b47768b1bb06`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
+