---
type: "Bill"
title: "Farm Use Vehicles; define a term"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 1B of Article 13 of Chapter 6 of Title 40 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to operation of farm use vehicles, so as to define a term; 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: "SB 436"
citation: "Georgia SB 436 (2023_24)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Blake Tillery", "Carden Summers", "Chuck Payne", "Frank Ginn", "Freddie Powell Sims", "Larry Walker, III", "Lee Anderson", "Max Burns", "Russ Goodman", "Sam Watson"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 16
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2024-01-31"
last_action: "2024-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d071d7b8-c8c0-4d96-9998-76054f849833"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "c16d89a03f528e619ce69be1080d8a0b2e49e17f6c54bbbc75f8b5f6efa058d4"
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 SB 436 (2023_24) — Farm Use Vehicles; define a term

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 1B of Article 13 of Chapter 6 of Title 40 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to operation of farm use vehicles, so as to define a term; 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. **As Introduced LC 44 2517** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/222518.pdf)
2. **As passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/224489.pdf)
3. **LC 39 4325/hss** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/226446.pdf)
4. **SB 436/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/228470.pdf)

## Votes

- Senate Vote #512 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **48–0** (pass) · upper
- Senate Vote #757 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- House Vote #684 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **165–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Blake Tillery — primary (person)
- Carden Summers — primary (person)
- Chuck Payne — primary (person)
- Frank Ginn — primary (person)
- Freddie Powell Sims — primary (person)
- Larry Walker, III — primary (person)
- Lee Anderson — primary (person)
- Max Burns — primary (person)
- Russ Goodman — primary (person)
- Sam Watson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-31** Senate Hopper `introduction`
- **2024-02-01** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-08** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-09** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2024-02-16** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2024-02-16** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2024-02-20** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2024-02-21** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2024-03-05** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-11** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2024-03-11** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2024-03-21** Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
- **2024-04-02** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-04-30** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2024-04-30** Act 500 `executive-signature`
- **2024-07-01** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d071d7b8-c8c0-4d96-9998-76054f849833`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).