---
type: "Bill"
title: "Motor vehicles; proper procedure for passing postal service vehicle; provide"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 6 of Title 40 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions relative to uniform rules of the road, so as to provide for proper procedure for passing a postal service vehicle; to provide for a definition; 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 541"
citation: "Georgia HB 541 (2023_24)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bill Hitchens", "Clint Crowe", "Eddie Lumsden", "Mitchell Scoggins", "Steven Sainz"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 15
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-02-22"
last_action: "2023-05-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/850a69a1-6e8e-4d64-8650-f269b4d5b79b"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "0752dce915bf4a9b5ef0ccdb0c58e1d68942a1446e166963c3178685068ca752"
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 541 (2023_24) — Motor vehicles; proper procedure for passing postal service vehicle; provide

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 6 of Title 40 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions relative to uniform rules of the road, so as to provide for proper procedure for passing a postal service vehicle; to provide for a definition; 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 541/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/220430.pdf)
2. **LC 39 3750/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/215614.pdf)
3. **Sen ctee sub LC 39 3869S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/217617.pdf)

## Votes

- House Vote #356 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **168–0** (pass) · lower
- Senate Vote #269 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- House Vote #210 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **167–5** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bill Hitchens — primary (person)
- Clint Crowe — primary (person)
- Eddie Lumsden — primary (person)
- Mitchell Scoggins — primary (person)
- Steven Sainz — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-22** House Hopper `introduction`
- **2023-02-23** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2023-02-27** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2023-02-28** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-06** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2023-03-06** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2023-03-07** 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`
- **2023-05-05** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-05** Veto V7 `executive-veto`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/850a69a1-6e8e-4d64-8650-f269b4d5b79b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).