republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2013-14/hb-255.md

type, title, description, jurisdiction, legislature, session, identifier, citation, classification, subjects, status, primary_sponsors, version_count, action_count, vote_count, first_action, last_action, source, source_identifier, source_url, source_hash, vintage, source_snapshot, retrieved_at, confidence, tags

type	title	description	jurisdiction	legislature	session	identifier	citation	classification	subjects	status	primary_sponsors	version_count	action_count	vote_count	first_action	last_action	source	source_identifier	source_url	source_hash	vintage	source_snapshot	retrieved_at	confidence	tags
Bill	Unified Carrier Registration Act of 2005; administration responsibilities from Department of Revenue to Department of Public Safety; transfer	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 40-1-102 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to certification as a prerequisite to the operation of a motor carrier of passengers or household goods or property and minimum insurance requirement, and Article 6A of Chapter 2 of Title 40 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to administration of the federal Unified Carrier Registration Act of 2005, so as to transfer the administration responsibilities of the federal Unified Carrier Registration Act of 2005 from the Department of Revenue to the Department of Public Safety, to provide for related matters; to provide an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2013_14	HB 255	Georgia HB 255 (2013_14)	bill		enacted	Alan Powell Bill Hitchens Eddie Lumsden Terry Rogers Tom Kirby Tommy Benton	3	16	1	2013-02-07	2014-07-01	openstates	ocd-bill/95cc05d0-e5be-4395-a03b-d05c8204add6	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	811be4738e6dc3a65d48ae80cec94451a21dbce3b9cf2303760951979aa6a93c	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia HB 255 (2013_14) — Unified Carrier Registration Act of 2005; administration responsibilities from Department of Revenue to Department of Public Safety; transfer

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 40-1-102 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to certification as a prerequisite to the operation of a motor carrier of passengers or household goods or property and minimum insurance requirement, and Article 6A of Chapter 2 of Title 40 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to administration of the federal Unified Carrier Registration Act of 2005, so as to transfer the administration responsibilities of the federal Unified Carrier Registration Act of 2005 from the Department of Revenue to the Department of Public Safety, to provide for related matters; to provide an effective date; 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 255/AP* (committee substitute) — source
2. LC 35 2846/a (committee substitute) — source
3. Sen ctee sub LC 35 2980S (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• PASSAGE — 165–2 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Alan Powell — primary (person)
• Bill Hitchens — primary (person)
• Eddie Lumsden — primary (person)
• Terry Rogers — primary (person)
• Tom Kirby — primary (person)
• Tommy Benton — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2013-02-07 House Hopper
• 2013-02-08 House First Readers reading-1
• 2013-02-11 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2013-02-13 House Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2013-02-21 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2013-02-21 House Passed/Adopted passage
• 2013-02-22 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2013-03-04 Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2013-03-05 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2013-03-13 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2013-03-13 Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2013-03-20 House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
• 2013-04-01 House Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2013-05-06 House Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2013-05-06 Act 240 executive-signature
• 2014-07-01 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/95cc05d0-e5be-4395-a03b-d05c8204add6. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).