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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Motor vehicles; require operation of flashing or revolving amber lights upon certain vehicles"
+description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 40 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to motor vehicles and traffic, so as to require the operation of flashing or revolving amber lights upon certain vehicles; to provide for penalties; to provide for conforming changes; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
+legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
+session: "2023_24"
+identifier: "HB 1193"
+citation: "Georgia HB 1193 (2023_24)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Bill Hitchens", "Eddie Lumsden", "J Collins", "Lauren McDonald", "Soo Hong"]
+version_count: 2
+action_count: 15
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2024-02-08"
+last_action: "2024-07-01"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/04cf9801-c618-4db2-98e3-eb34b26127bd"
+source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
+source_hash: "e0b05503424438a31a40b2ea3f736062befdd7101b990ccd5656687e46afede6"
+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 1193 (2023_24) — Motor vehicles; require operation of flashing or revolving amber lights upon certain vehicles
+
+A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 40 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to motor vehicles and traffic, so as to require the operation of flashing or revolving amber lights upon certain vehicles; to provide for penalties; to provide for conforming changes; 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 1193/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/228360.pdf)
+2. **LC 39 4183/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/223350.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- House Vote #513 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **161–1** (pass) · lower
+- Senate Vote #720 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **53–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Bill Hitchens — primary (person)
+- Eddie Lumsden — primary (person)
+- J Collins — primary (person)
+- Lauren McDonald — primary (person)
+- Soo Hong — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2024-02-08** House Hopper `introduction`
+- **2024-02-09** House First Readers `reading-1`
+- **2024-02-12** House Second Readers `reading-2`
+- **2024-02-16** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2024-02-21** House Third Readers `reading-3`
+- **2024-02-21** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
+- **2024-02-22** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
+- **2024-03-20** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2024-03-20** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
+- **2024-03-21** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
+- **2024-03-21** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
+- **2024-04-01** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2024-05-01** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2024-05-01** Act 510 `executive-signature`
+- **2024-07-01** Effective Date
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/04cf9801-c618-4db2-98e3-eb34b26127bd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
+