republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2013-14/hb-459.md

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Bill	Speed restrictions; impeding traffic flow and minimum speed in left-hand lanes; modify provisions	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 9 of Chapter 6 of Title 40 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to speed restrictions, so as to modify provisions relating to impeding traffic flow and minimum speed in left-hand lanes; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date and applicability; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2013_14	HB 459	Georgia HB 459 (2013_14)	bill		enacted	Barry Fleming Bill Hitchens Eddie Lumsden Jon Burns Kevin Tanner Lee Hawkins	4	16	1	2013-02-22	2014-07-01	openstates	ocd-bill/fa343de4-1c0d-4597-bb15-cb164ece5c90	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	08b7a7420a0e3ca989cfb5cfc993bda296d8d9db8d336c4bb13b40d1aa78a548	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia HB 459 (2013_14) — Speed restrictions; impeding traffic flow and minimum speed in left-hand lanes; modify provisions

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 9 of Chapter 6 of Title 40 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to speed restrictions, so as to modify provisions relating to impeding traffic flow and minimum speed in left-hand lanes; to provide for related matters; 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. HB 459/AP* (committee substitute) — source
2. LC 35 2883/a (committee substitute) — source
3. LC 40 0583S/hcs (committee substitute) — source
4. LC 40 0583S/hs (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• PASSAGE — 162–9 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Barry Fleming — primary (person)
• Bill Hitchens — primary (person)
• Eddie Lumsden — primary (person)
• Jon Burns — primary (person)
• Kevin Tanner — primary (person)
• Lee Hawkins — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2013-02-22 House Hopper
• 2013-02-25 House First Readers reading-1
• 2013-02-26 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2014-02-24 House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2014-02-26 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2014-02-26 House Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2014-02-26 House Notice to Reconsider
• 2014-03-04 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2014-03-07 Senate Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2014-03-10 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2014-03-11 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2014-03-11 Senate Passed/Adopted passage
• 2014-03-24 House Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2014-04-15 House Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2014-04-15 Act 495 executive-signature
• 2014-07-01 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/fa343de4-1c0d-4597-bb15-cb164ece5c90. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).