---
type: "Bill"
title: "Uniform rules of the road; procedure for passing sanitation vehicles; provide"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 6 of Title 40 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions relative to uniform rules of the road, so as to provide for procedure for passing sanitation vehicles; 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 206"
citation: "Georgia HB 206 (2015_16)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bill Hitchens", "Brett Harrell", "Eddie Lumsden", "Roger Rutledge", "Scott Holcomb"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 18
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2015-02-03"
last_action: "2015-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/eac35900-99b6-4de0-8dd5-f710c21143a5"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "b8cf3bad5f234be01b995066925f3c79e015522f9625120e8441373f2617a5df"
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 206 (2015_16) — Uniform rules of the road; procedure for passing sanitation vehicles; provide

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 6 of Title 40 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions relative to uniform rules of the road, so as to provide for procedure for passing sanitation vehicles; 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 206/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/153779.pdf)
2. **LC 39 0789/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/146762.pdf)
3. **SCSFA to HB 206** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/153619.pdf)
4. **Sen ctee sub LC 41 0488S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/151556.pdf)
5. **Sen fl amend 1 AM 39 0142** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/153591.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **159–12** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bill Hitchens — primary (person)
- Brett Harrell — primary (person)
- Eddie Lumsden — primary (person)
- Roger Rutledge — primary (person)
- Scott Holcomb — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2015-02-03** House Hopper
- **2015-02-04** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2015-02-09** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2015-02-20** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2015-02-24** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2015-02-24** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2015-02-25** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2015-03-19** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2015-03-20** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2015-03-31** Senate Tabled
- **2015-04-02** Senate Taken from Table
- **2015-04-02** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2015-04-02** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2015-04-02** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
- **2015-04-08** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2015-05-05** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2015-05-05** Act 58 `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/eac35900-99b6-4de0-8dd5-f710c21143a5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).