---
type: "Bill"
title: "Motor vehicles; amber strobe lights; permitting requirements; exempt low speed vehicles"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 8 of Title 40 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to equipment and inspection of motor vehicles, so as to exempt low-speed vehicles from permitting requirements relating to amber strobe lights or emergency vehicle designation; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2021_22"
identifier: "HB 1011"
citation: "Georgia HB 1011 (2021_22)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Don Hogan", "Jan Jones", "Jesse Petrea", "Josh Bonner", "Karen Mathiak", "Rick Williams"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 15
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2022-01-26"
last_action: "2022-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5bbf477e-435d-4c60-9399-04c5f592298f"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "02c43b726dcdb5bfce448414ecff4d78d326d76712ab77bd55ab8b56191f4f24"
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 1011 (2021_22) — Motor vehicles; amber strobe lights; permitting requirements; exempt low speed vehicles

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 8 of Title 40 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to equipment and inspection of motor vehicles, so as to exempt low-speed vehicles from permitting requirements relating to amber strobe lights or emergency vehicle designation; 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 1011/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/210163.pdf)
2. **LC 39 3152/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/203961.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **152–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Don Hogan — primary (person)
- Jan Jones — primary (person)
- Jesse Petrea — primary (person)
- Josh Bonner — primary (person)
- Karen Mathiak — primary (person)
- Rick Williams — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-26** House Hopper
- **2022-01-27** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2022-02-01** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2022-02-08** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-11** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2022-02-11** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2022-02-14** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-24** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-28** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2022-03-23** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2022-03-23** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2022-04-06** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-05-02** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2022-05-02** Act 755 `executive-signature`
- **2022-07-01** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5bbf477e-435d-4c60-9399-04c5f592298f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).