republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2013-14/hb-475.md

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Bill	Drivers' licenses; commissioner to enter into reciprocal agreements on behalf of Georgia for recognition of licenses issued by foreign territories; authorize	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 5 of Title 40 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to drivers' licenses, so as to authorize the commissioner of driver services to enter into reciprocal agreements on behalf of Georgia for the recognition of drivers' licenses issued by foreign territories; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2013_14	HB 475	Georgia HB 475 (2013_14)	bill		enacted	Alan Powell B.J. Pak Matt Hatchett Matt Ramsey Ron Stephens Tom Rice	4	16	1	2013-02-25	2013-07-01	openstates	ocd-bill/93491791-0958-41f5-a1dd-c014ed6fa6e7	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	4c0ca0a42bd4626fcbd8b51b2ec4ef523fbbd29a1d06cb182eb4526b65569870	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia HB 475 (2013_14) — Drivers' licenses; commissioner to enter into reciprocal agreements on behalf of Georgia for recognition of licenses issued by foreign territories; authorize

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 5 of Title 40 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to drivers' licenses, so as to authorize the commissioner of driver services to enter into reciprocal agreements on behalf of Georgia for the recognition of drivers' licenses issued by foreign territories; 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. HB 475/AP* (committee substitute) — source
2. LC 35 2938/a (committee substitute) — source
3. Sen floor amend 1 AM 35 0347 (committee substitute) — source
4. Sen floor amend 2 AM 35 0344 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• PASSAGE — 174–2 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Alan Powell — primary (person)
• B.J. Pak — primary (person)
• Matt Hatchett — primary (person)
• Matt Ramsey — primary (person)
• Ron Stephens — primary (person)
• Tom Rice — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2013-02-25 House Hopper
• 2013-02-25 House First Readers reading-1
• 2013-02-26 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2013-02-27 House Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2013-03-05 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2013-03-05 House Passed/Adopted passage
• 2013-03-07 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2013-03-20 Senate Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2013-03-21 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2013-03-26 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2013-03-26 Senate Passed/Adopted As Amended passage
• 2013-03-28 House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
• 2013-04-03 House Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2013-05-01 House Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2013-05-01 Act 124 executive-signature
• 2013-07-01 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/93491791-0958-41f5-a1dd-c014ed6fa6e7. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).