---
type: "Bill"
title: "\"Motorcycle Mobility Safety Act\"; safe operation of a motorcycle; inoperative traffic-control signal"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 40-6-20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to obedience to traffic-control devices, so as to provide for the safe operation of a motorcycle or lightweight motor vehicle through an inoperative traffic-control signal; to provide for a short title; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2015_16"
identifier: "SB 76"
citation: "Georgia SB 76 (2015_16)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Burt Jones", "Butch Miller", "Charlie Bethel", "Jeff Mullis", "John Wilkinson", "Judson Hill", "Marty Harbin", "William Jackson"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 15
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2015-02-02"
last_action: "2015-05-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/596362c2-6958-485c-b4cf-b863dbb31f32"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "63afa69cba6e2c3b36e975f9e512b2894ab907834311d892d9692a8c65ab2c26"
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 SB 76 (2015_16) — "Motorcycle Mobility Safety Act"; safe operation of a motorcycle; inoperative traffic-control signal

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 40-6-20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to obedience to traffic-control devices, so as to provide for the safe operation of a motorcycle or lightweight motor vehicle through an inoperative traffic-control signal; to provide for a short title; 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. **As introduced LC 29 6187** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/146592.pdf)
2. **As passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/150900.pdf)
3. **Committee sub LC 41 0467S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/150068.pdf)
4. **Floor amend 1 AM 41 0099** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/150808.pdf)
5. **Floor amend 1a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/150768.pdf)
6. **LC 41 0504S/hss** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/152342.pdf)
7. **SB 76/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/153818.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE BY SUBSTITUTE — **51–4** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Burt Jones — primary (person)
- Butch Miller — primary (person)
- Charlie Bethel — primary (person)
- Jeff Mullis — primary (person)
- John Wilkinson — primary (person)
- Judson Hill — primary (person)
- Marty Harbin — primary (person)
- William Jackson — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2015-02-02** Senate Hopper
- **2015-02-03** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2015-03-05** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2015-03-09** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2015-03-11** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2015-03-11** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2015-03-13** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2015-03-18** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2015-03-25** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2015-04-02** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2015-04-02** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2015-04-02** Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
- **2015-04-08** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2015-05-12** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2015-05-12** Veto V1 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/596362c2-6958-485c-b4cf-b863dbb31f32`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).