---
type: "Bill"
title: "Motor vehicles; standards for issuance of limited driving permits for certain offenders; provide"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 40-5-64 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to limited driving permits for certain offenders, so as to provide for standards for issuance of such permits; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2023_24"
identifier: "HB 120"
citation: "Georgia HB 120 (2023_24)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Alan Powell", "Danny Mathis", "John Corbett", "Marcus Wiedower", "Vance Smith"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 16
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-01-30"
last_action: "2024-01-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2c97a172-22c5-4403-8aaa-0a02877d98bc"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "7ea2e5c3200ce0fd365b48cc7c310d20e205e86479f663ba7c3e56f058a97d7b"
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 120 (2023_24) — Motor vehicles; standards for issuance of limited driving permits for certain offenders; provide

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 40-5-64 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to limited driving permits for certain offenders, so as to provide for standards for issuance of such 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 120/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/220454.pdf)
2. **LC 39 3525/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/213096.pdf)
3. **Sen ctee sub LC 39 3852S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/217614.pdf)

## Votes

- House Vote #349 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **171–1** (pass) · lower
- House Vote #28 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **169–2** (pass) · lower
- Senate Vote #260 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **48–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Alan Powell — primary (person)
- Danny Mathis — primary (person)
- John Corbett — primary (person)
- Marcus Wiedower — primary (person)
- Vance Smith — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-30** House Hopper `introduction`
- **2023-01-31** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2023-02-01** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2023-02-07** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-09** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2023-02-09** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2023-02-13** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-13** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-14** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2023-03-21** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2023-03-21** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2023-03-29** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
- **2023-04-06** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-01** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-01** Act 60 `executive-signature`
- **2024-01-01** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2c97a172-22c5-4403-8aaa-0a02877d98bc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).