---
type: "Bill"
title: "\"C.J.'s Law\"; penalty for hit and run accidents that result in serious injury; provide"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 40 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to motor vehicles and traffic, so as to provide for a penalty for hit and run accidents that result in serious injury; to clarify a cross-reference relating to suspensions of drivers' licenses; to provide a definition; to provide 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: "2019_20"
identifier: "SB 1"
citation: "Georgia SB 1 (2019_20)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Donzella James", "Elena Parent", "Ellis Black", "Emanuel Jones", "Greg Kirk", "Harold Jones II", "Jennifer Jordan", "Matt Brass", "Zahra Karinshak"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 16
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2018-11-19"
last_action: "2019-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/aa770bfd-cc42-40db-a81a-851bc35be1d7"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "c848a31fd1ef34317231f088448ec156aaa959a9813b7c868090014a4bb0ef94"
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 1 (2019_20) — "C.J.'s Law"; penalty for hit and run accidents that result in serious injury; provide

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 40 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to motor vehicles and traffic, so as to provide for a penalty for hit and run accidents that result in serious injury; to clarify a cross-reference relating to suspensions of drivers' licenses; to provide a definition; to provide 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 44 0971** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/179796.pdf)
2. **As passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/182320.pdf)
3. **Committee sub LC 41 1779S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/180817.pdf)
4. **Floor amend 1 AM 41 0409** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/182235.pdf)
5. **Floor amend 2 AM 41 0410** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/182237.pdf)
6. **SB 1 Prefile LC 44 0971** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/179348.pdf)
7. **SB1/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/185732.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE BY SUBSTITUTE — **50–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Donzella James — primary (person)
- Elena Parent — primary (person)
- Ellis Black — primary (person)
- Emanuel Jones — primary (person)
- Greg Kirk — primary (person)
- Harold Jones II — primary (person)
- Jennifer Jordan — primary (person)
- Matt Brass — primary (person)
- Zahra Karinshak — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-11-19** Senate Prefiled `introduction`
- **2019-01-28** Senate Hopper
- **2019-01-30** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-08** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-11** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2019-02-21** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2019-02-21** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2019-02-22** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2019-02-25** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2019-03-14** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-22** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2019-03-22** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2019-04-05** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-03** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-03** Act 151 `executive-signature`
- **2019-07-01** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/aa770bfd-cc42-40db-a81a-851bc35be1d7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).