---
type: "Bill"
title: "Motor vehicles; use of safety chain or cable when operating a motor vehicle drawing a trailer; provide"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 8 of Title 40 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions relative to equipment and inspection of motor vehicles, so as to provide for the use of a safety chain or cable when operating a motor vehicle drawing a trailer; 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: "HB 123"
citation: "Georgia HB 123 (2015_16)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["John Yates"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 17
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2015-01-27"
last_action: "2015-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d28e4fa4-cf18-4932-8a9b-634254fa5a0e"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "7baf43d36fe0d64230a1f5ed35c46ce7c9a54f526db1d240cd8a35a16584b396"
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 123 (2015_16) — Motor vehicles; use of safety chain or cable when operating a motor vehicle drawing a trailer; provide

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 8 of Title 40 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions relative to equipment and inspection of motor vehicles, so as to provide for the use of a safety chain or cable when operating a motor vehicle drawing a trailer; 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 123/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/153467.pdf)
2. **LC 39 0857/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/146112.pdf)
3. **LC 39 0939S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/148701.pdf)
4. **LC 41 0474S/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/150795.pdf)
5. **LC 41 0474S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/149977.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **167–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- John Yates — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2015-01-27** House Hopper
- **2015-01-28** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2015-01-29** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2015-02-20** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2015-02-26** House Withdrawn, Recommitted `referral-committee, withdrawal`
- **2015-03-04** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2015-03-11** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2015-03-11** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2015-03-13** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2015-03-19** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2015-03-20** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2015-03-31** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2015-03-31** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2015-04-07** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2015-05-05** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2015-05-05** Act 80 `executive-signature`
- **2015-07-01** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d28e4fa4-cf18-4932-8a9b-634254fa5a0e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).