---
type: "Bill"
title: "\"Jaye Mize Law\"; promoting illegal drag racing and laying drags; provide for an offense"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 2 of Chapter 11 of Title 16 of the O.C.G.A., relating to offenses against public order, so as to provide for an offense of promoting illegal drag racing and laying drags; to provide for an offense of knowingly attending an illegal drag race or laying drags exhibition; to provide for punishment; to amend Title 40 of the O.C.G.A., relating to motor vehicles and traffic, so as to provide for classification and registration of high-performance vehicles; to provide for the issuance of special license plates for high-performance vehicles; to provide for related matters; to provide for a short title; to provide for an effective date and applicability; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2021_22"
identifier: "SB 10"
citation: "Georgia SB 10 (2021_22)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Donzella James", "Ed Harbison", "Emanuel Jones", "Gail Davenport", "Gloria Butler", "Valencia Seay"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 18
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-01-14"
last_action: "2022-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d7cc4642-64b4-451e-b34e-de3cd868ec6a"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "16c21f9d2ed920694751a48e2bd0e26919dc711ea770c71e674300f4c161613e"
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 10 (2021_22) — "Jaye Mize Law"; promoting illegal drag racing and laying drags; provide for an offense

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 2 of Chapter 11 of Title 16 of the O.C.G.A., relating to offenses against public order, so as to provide for an offense of promoting illegal drag racing and laying drags; to provide for an offense of knowingly attending an illegal drag race or laying drags exhibition; to provide for punishment; to amend Title 40 of the O.C.G.A., relating to motor vehicles and traffic, so as to provide for classification and registration of high-performance vehicles; to provide for the issuance of special license plates for high-performance vehicles; to provide for related matters; to provide for a short title; to provide for an effective date and applicability; 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 2781** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/195798.pdf)
2. **As passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/200025.pdf)
3. **Committee sub LC 39 2952S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/198782.pdf)
4. **Floor amend 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/199846.pdf)
5. **Floor amend 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/199920.pdf)
6. **Floor amend 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/200020.pdf)
7. **LC 48 0622S/hss** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/211039.pdf)
8. **SB 10/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/212171.pdf)

## Votes

- ADOPTION OF AMENDMENT #3 BY THE SENATOR FROM THE 7TH — **30–18** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Donzella James — primary (person)
- Ed Harbison — primary (person)
- Emanuel Jones — primary (person)
- Gail Davenport — primary (person)
- Gloria Butler — primary (person)
- Valencia Seay — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-14** Senate Hopper
- **2021-01-26** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-25** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-26** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2021-03-08** Senate Tabled
- **2021-03-08** Senate Taken from Table
- **2021-03-08** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2021-03-08** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2021-03-09** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2021-03-10** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2022-03-30** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-01** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2022-04-01** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2022-04-04** Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
- **2022-04-07** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-05-13** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2022-05-13** Act 868 `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/d7cc4642-64b4-451e-b34e-de3cd868ec6a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).