---
type: "Bill"
title: "Motor Vehicles; definitions; operation of motor vehicles with automated driving systems on certain public roads; provide"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 40 of the O.C.G.A., relating to motor vehicles, so as to provide for definitions; to provide for the operation of motor vehicles with automated driving systems on certain public roads; to provide for submission of certain information to the Department of Revenue to operate motor vehicles with automated driving systems; to provide for the operation of motor vehicles with such systems in certain locations; to provide for notice to local governing authorities; to provide for the collection of data from the operation of such motor vehicles; to provide for the submission of information and data to the General Assembly by the manufacturer of motor vehicles with automated driving systems; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2017_18"
identifier: "SB 219"
citation: "Georgia SB 219 (2017_18)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ben Watson", "Brandon Beach", "Jeff Mullis", "Steve Gooch", "Tyler Harper"]
version_count: 0
action_count: 16
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2017-02-21"
last_action: "2017-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4d640a21-ccae-400b-99c5-d903aa5eac68"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "a92c60a0453f1eea0bfb7355812ab751751cb4d1a5e7acecf405d1b6bef1213b"
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 219 (2017_18) — Motor Vehicles; definitions; operation of motor vehicles with automated driving systems on certain public roads; provide

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 40 of the O.C.G.A., relating to motor vehicles, so as to provide for definitions; to provide for the operation of motor vehicles with automated driving systems on certain public roads; to provide for submission of certain information to the Department of Revenue to operate motor vehicles with automated driving systems; to provide for the operation of motor vehicles with such systems in certain locations; to provide for notice to local governing authorities; to provide for the collection of data from the operation of such motor vehicles; to provide for the submission of information and data to the General Assembly by the manufacturer of motor vehicles with automated driving systems; 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.


## Votes

- PASSAGE BY SUBSTITUTE — **51–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Ben Watson — primary (person)
- Brandon Beach — primary (person)
- Jeff Mullis — primary (person)
- Steve Gooch — primary (person)
- Tyler Harper — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-21** Senate Hopper
- **2017-02-22** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-28** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-01** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2017-03-03** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2017-03-03** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2017-03-06** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2017-03-09** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2017-03-16** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-24** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2017-03-24** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2017-03-30** Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
- **2017-04-07** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-05-08** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2017-05-08** Act 214 `executive-signature`
- **2017-07-01** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4d640a21-ccae-400b-99c5-d903aa5eac68`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).