republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2013-14/sb-218.md

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Bill	Highways, Bridges and Ferries; annual commercial wrecker emergency tow permits; qualifications for issuance	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 2 of Chapter 6 of Title 32 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to dimensions and weight of vehicles and loads, so as to provide for qualifications for the issuance of annual commercial wrecker emergency tow permits; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2013_14	SB 218	Georgia SB 218 (2013_14)	bill		enacted	Brandon Beach Butch Miller Jason Carter Jeff Mullis Steve Gooch Tommie Williams William Jackson	3	15	1	2013-02-26	2013-07-01	openstates	ocd-bill/2253e0cb-8d00-4fc0-bb1b-debff09c3dc7	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	9342192b318ca3d90d123a47d68b5b956a37f4b7d0fee1553b8938db1e9b3d14	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia SB 218 (2013_14) — Highways, Bridges and Ferries; annual commercial wrecker emergency tow permits; qualifications for issuance

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 2 of Chapter 6 of Title 32 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to dimensions and weight of vehicles and loads, so as to provide for qualifications for the issuance of annual commercial wrecker emergency tow permits; 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 0429 (committee substitute) — source
2. As passed Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. SB 218/AP* (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• PASSAGE — 50–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Brandon Beach — primary (person)
• Butch Miller — primary (person)
• Jason Carter — primary (person)
• Jeff Mullis — primary (person)
• Steve Gooch — primary (person)
• Tommie Williams — primary (person)
• William Jackson — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2013-02-26 Senate Hopper
• 2013-02-27 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2013-02-28 Senate Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2013-03-01 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2013-03-04 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2013-03-04 Senate Passed/Adopted passage
• 2013-03-05 House First Readers reading-1
• 2013-03-07 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2013-03-12 House Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2013-03-26 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2013-03-26 House Passed/Adopted passage
• 2013-04-02 Senate Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2013-05-06 Senate Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2013-05-06 Act 227 executive-signature
• 2013-07-01 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/2253e0cb-8d00-4fc0-bb1b-debff09c3dc7. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).