---
type: "Bill"
title: "Motor Vehicles; provide additional definition; acceptance of applications for registration; not in compliance with federal emission standards"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 40 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to motor vehicles, so as to provide for an additional definition; to provide for acceptance of applications for registration for certain motor vehicles not in compliance with federal emission standards; to provide for acceptance of applications for title for certain motor vehicles not in compliance with federal emission standards; to exclude certain motor vehicles from the definition of \"unconventional motor vehicle or motorcycle\"; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2013_14"
identifier: "SB 392"
citation: "Georgia SB 392 (2013_14)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Butch Miller", "Frank Ginn", "Jeff Mullis", "John Wilkinson", "Mike Dugan", "Steve Gooch"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 16
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2014-02-19"
last_action: "2014-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3614b0e7-6122-482f-b3c1-9e62e84655db"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "4a27b889e0fc00a8cdee8d02d6c162e43bbec923247006803732c30eb9313d3e"
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 392 (2013_14) — Motor Vehicles; provide additional definition; acceptance of applications for registration; not in compliance with federal emission standards

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 40 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to motor vehicles, so as to provide for an additional definition; to provide for acceptance of applications for registration for certain motor vehicles not in compliance with federal emission standards; to provide for acceptance of applications for title for certain motor vehicles not in compliance with federal emission standards; to exclude certain motor vehicles from the definition of "unconventional motor vehicle or motorcycle"; 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 39 0639** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/140355.pdf)
2. **As passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/141809.pdf)
3. **Floor amend 1 AM 39 0060** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/142041.pdf)
4. **SB 392/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/144906.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **48–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Butch Miller — primary (person)
- Frank Ginn — primary (person)
- Jeff Mullis — primary (person)
- John Wilkinson — primary (person)
- Mike Dugan — primary (person)
- Steve Gooch — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2014-02-19** Senate Hopper
- **2014-02-20** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2014-02-25** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2014-02-26** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2014-03-03** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2014-03-03** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2014-03-04** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2014-03-05** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2014-03-11** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2014-03-18** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2014-03-18** House Passed/Adopted As Amended `passage`
- **2014-03-20** Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
- **2014-03-31** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2014-04-21** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2014-04-21** Act 567 `executive-signature`
- **2014-07-01** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3614b0e7-6122-482f-b3c1-9e62e84655db`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).