---
type: "Bill"
title: "Motor vehicles; issuance of replacement licenses and permits; increase fee"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 5 of Title 40 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to drivers' licenses, so as to increase the fee for issuance of replacement licenses and permits; to increase the fee for the issuance and renewal of limited driving permits; 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 246"
citation: "Georgia HB 246 (2021_22)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Danny Mathis", "Jason Ridley", "John Corbett", "Martin Momtahan", "Sam Watson"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 20
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-02-02"
last_action: "2022-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a6dcec7b-5ce8-44d1-82a9-232c49bf8ea3"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "2fc262ae2e610af3c30b0539ab43a95f92f477710ff5b58ae614222e72324ce7"
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 246 (2021_22) — Motor vehicles; issuance of replacement licenses and permits; increase fee

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 5 of Title 40 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to drivers' licenses, so as to increase the fee for issuance of replacement licenses and permits; to increase the fee for the issuance and renewal of limited driving permits; 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 246/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/211735.pdf)
2. **LC 39 2760/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/196538.pdf)
3. **Sen ctee sub LC 39 3421S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/210022.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **153–17** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Danny Mathis — primary (person)
- Jason Ridley — primary (person)
- John Corbett — primary (person)
- Martin Momtahan — primary (person)
- Sam Watson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-02** House Hopper
- **2021-02-03** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2021-02-04** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2021-02-09** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-11** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2021-02-11** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2021-02-16** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-11** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-15** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2021-03-29** Senate Tabled
- **2022-01-10** Senate Taken from Table
- **2022-01-10** Senate Recommitted `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-23** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-28** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2022-03-28** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2022-04-01** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
- **2022-04-07** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-05-02** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2022-05-02** Act 738 `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/a6dcec7b-5ce8-44d1-82a9-232c49bf8ea3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).