republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2015-16/hb-166.md

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Bill	Motorcycle Mobility Safety Act; enact	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 6 of Title 40 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the uniform rules of the road, so as to provide for the safe operation of a lightweight motorcycle or motor vehicle through an inoperative traffic-control signal; to repeal certain provisions relating to handlebars; to provide for a short title; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2015_16	HB 166	Georgia HB 166 (2015_16)	bill		enacted	Alan Powell Ben Harbin Earnest Smith John Yates Margaret Kaiser	4	17	1	2015-01-29	2016-07-01	openstates	ocd-bill/53bf5975-0e71-4728-abd7-f5cf9ac67035	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	30032863eaf9eb6589adfd1133c0fd729cea61f8340467cbf6d9e1fbc1190f37	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia HB 166 (2015_16) — Motorcycle Mobility Safety Act; enact

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 6 of Title 40 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the uniform rules of the road, so as to provide for the safe operation of a lightweight motorcycle or motor vehicle through an inoperative traffic-control signal; to repeal certain provisions relating to handlebars; to provide for a short title; 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 166/AP* (committee substitute) — source
2. LC 41 0354/a (committee substitute) — source
3. LC 41 0669S/hcs (committee substitute) — source
4. LC 41 0699S/hs (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• PASSAGE — 166–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Alan Powell — primary (person)
• Ben Harbin — primary (person)
• Earnest Smith — primary (person)
• John Yates — primary (person)
• Margaret Kaiser — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2015-01-29 House Hopper
• 2015-02-02 House First Readers reading-1
• 2015-02-03 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2016-02-10 House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2016-02-24 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2016-02-24 House Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2016-02-25 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2016-03-10 Senate Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2016-03-11 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2016-03-22 Senate Tabled
• 2016-03-24 Senate Taken from Table
• 2016-03-24 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2016-03-24 Senate Passed/Adopted passage
• 2016-03-30 House Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2016-04-26 House Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2016-04-26 Act 334 executive-signature
• 2016-07-01 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/53bf5975-0e71-4728-abd7-f5cf9ac67035. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).