republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2015-16/hb-777.md

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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	School buses; drivers use cellular telephones in similar manner as a two-way radio; allow	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 40-6-165 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to operation of school buses, so as to allow school bus drivers to use cellular telephones in a similar manner as a two-way radio; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2015_16	HB 777	Georgia HB 777 (2015_16)	bill		enacted	Brooks Coleman Don Parsons Mike Dudgeon	4	15	1	2016-01-15	2016-07-01	openstates	ocd-bill/0868cbf2-a2af-4ea1-a3ae-27297381745a	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	7e5a2faebfb26b23034bf8001f728f39f80b021e3459367dfd8001db1ce3a53b	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia HB 777 (2015_16) — School buses; drivers use cellular telephones in similar manner as a two-way radio; allow

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 40-6-165 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to operation of school buses, so as to allow school bus drivers to use cellular telephones in a similar manner as a two-way radio; 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 777/AP* (committee substitute) — source
2. LC 33 6307/a (committee substitute) — source
3. LC 33 6391S/hcs (committee substitute) — source
4. LC 33 6391S/hs (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• PASSAGE — 166–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Brooks Coleman — primary (person)
• Don Parsons — primary (person)
• Mike Dudgeon — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2016-01-15 House Hopper
• 2016-01-20 House First Readers reading-1
• 2016-01-21 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2016-02-10 House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2016-02-18 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2016-02-18 House Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2016-02-19 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
• 2016-03-15 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2016-03-15 Senate Passed/Adopted passage
• 2016-03-28 House Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2016-04-26 House Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2016-04-26 Act 443 executive-signature
• 2016-07-01 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/0868cbf2-a2af-4ea1-a3ae-27297381745a. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).