---
type: "Bill"
title: "Motor vehicles; implied consent notices; revise"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 3 of Chapter 5 of Title 40 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to cancellation, suspension, and revocation of licenses, so as to revise the implied consent notices; to provide for related matters; to provide an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2019_20"
identifier: "HB 471"
citation: "Georgia HB 471 (2019_20)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Barry Fleming", "Bill Hitchens", "Dewayne Hill", "Steven Sainz", "Trey Kelley"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 15
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2019-02-25"
last_action: "2019-04-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6f08787f-f11f-4d00-bef7-ffb88c0ba718"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "f289bedc497a502695b1a615ac6786e46a5fce72a8e7984ddc2f02c6a1a0af6b"
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 471 (2019_20) — Motor vehicles; implied consent notices; revise

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 3 of Chapter 5 of Title 40 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to cancellation, suspension, and revocation of licenses, so as to revise the implied consent notices; to provide for related matters; to provide an effective date; 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 471/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/185615.pdf)
2. **LC 28 9242ER/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/182715.pdf)
3. **LC 28 9296ERS/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/183752.pdf)
4. **LC 28 9296ERS/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/183478.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **158–5** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Barry Fleming — primary (person)
- Bill Hitchens — primary (person)
- Dewayne Hill — primary (person)
- Steven Sainz — primary (person)
- Trey Kelley — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-25** House Hopper
- **2019-02-25** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2019-02-26** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2019-03-01** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-05** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2019-03-05** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2019-03-07** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-14** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-18** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2019-03-21** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2019-03-21** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2019-04-04** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-04-28** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-04-28** Act 69 `executive-signature`
- **2019-04-28** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6f08787f-f11f-4d00-bef7-ffb88c0ba718`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).