---
type: "Bill"
title: "Traffic offenses; enhanced penalties for violations of fleeing or attempting to elude a police officer; provide"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 15 of Chapter 6 of Title 40 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to serious traffic offenses, so as to provide for enhanced penalties for violations of fleeing or attempting to elude a police officer; to provide for enhanced penalties for fleeing or eluding a police officer during the commission of certain crimes or under certain circumstances; to prohibit the use of a blue light to impersonate a law enforcement officer; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date and applicability; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2021_22"
identifier: "HB 1216"
citation: "Georgia HB 1216 (2021_22)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Alan Powell", "Bill Hitchens", "Eddie Lumsden", "J Collins", "Jon Burns", "Lauren McDonald"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 18
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2022-02-03"
last_action: "2022-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4f245c35-3e5a-4521-ba59-5a66cdc1be6f"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "ff908d811d4db1ff3de67b1a1281c477bd95cc1d6eee108e3368691befa229b6"
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 1216 (2021_22) — Traffic offenses; enhanced penalties for violations of fleeing or attempting to elude a police officer; provide

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 15 of Chapter 6 of Title 40 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to serious traffic offenses, so as to provide for enhanced penalties for violations of fleeing or attempting to elude a police officer; to provide for enhanced penalties for fleeing or eluding a police officer during the commission of certain crimes or under certain circumstances; to prohibit the use of a blue light to impersonate a law enforcement officer; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date and applicability; 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 1216/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/212214.pdf)
2. **LC 39 3124-EC/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/205184.pdf)
3. **LC 39 3269S/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/208246.pdf)
4. **LC 39 3269S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/207442.pdf)
5. **SCSFA to HB 1216** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/211600.pdf)
6. **Sen ctee sub LC 49 0990S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/210303.pdf)
7. **Sen floor amend 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/211380.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **95–62** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Alan Powell — primary (person)
- Bill Hitchens — primary (person)
- Eddie Lumsden — primary (person)
- J Collins — primary (person)
- Jon Burns — primary (person)
- Lauren McDonald — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-03** House Hopper
- **2022-02-07** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2022-02-08** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2022-02-24** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-03** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2022-03-03** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2022-03-04** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-25** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-28** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2022-04-01** Senate Tabled
- **2022-04-01** Senate Taken from Table
- **2022-04-01** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2022-04-01** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2022-04-04** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
- **2022-04-07** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-04-25** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2022-04-25** Act 646 `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/4f245c35-3e5a-4521-ba59-5a66cdc1be6f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).