republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2015-16/sb-134.md

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Bill	Speed Detection Devices; provide for a rebuttable presumption for law enforcement agencies' use of speed detection devices	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 2 of Chapter 14 of Title 40 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to speed detection devices, so as to provide for a rebuttable presumption for law enforcement agencies' use of speed detection devices when fines are less than a certain percent of the agencies' operating budgets; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2015_16	SB 134	Georgia SB 134 (2015_16)	bill		enacted	Ben Watson Bill Cowsert Brandon Beach Bruce Thompson Burt Jones Butch Miller Chuck Hufstetler Curt Thompson Dean Burke Elena Parent Ellis Black Emanuel Jones Fran Millar Frank Ginn Greg Kirk Harold Jones II Hunter Hill Jack Hill Jesse Stone John Kennedy John Wilkinson Joshua McKoon Judson Hill Lester Jackson Marty Harbin Michael Williams Mike Crane Mike Crane Renee Unterman Rick Jeffares Ronald Ramsey, Sr. Ross Tolleson Steve Gooch Tommie Williams Valencia Seay William Jackson William Ligon, Jr.	4	19	1	2015-02-19	2015-07-01	openstates	ocd-bill/63a05559-221e-4c9b-a518-c73bbd55ce5a	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	b257cab1dd9a1c3d430b8ce0131753e83ea13053e571fd64ef741c46009a8696	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia SB 134 (2015_16) — Speed Detection Devices; provide for a rebuttable presumption for law enforcement agencies' use of speed detection devices

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 2 of Chapter 14 of Title 40 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to speed detection devices, so as to provide for a rebuttable presumption for law enforcement agencies' use of speed detection devices when fines are less than a certain percent of the agencies' operating budgets; 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 0907 (committee substitute) — source
2. As passed Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. LC 29 6617S/hss (committee substitute) — source
4. SB 134/AP* (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• PASSAGE — 52–2 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Ben Watson — primary (person)
• Bill Cowsert — primary (person)
• Brandon Beach — primary (person)
• Bruce Thompson — primary (person)
• Burt Jones — primary (person)
• Butch Miller — primary (person)
• Chuck Hufstetler — primary (person)
• Curt Thompson — primary (person)
• Dean Burke — primary (person)
• Elena Parent — primary (person)
• Ellis Black — primary (person)
• Emanuel Jones — primary (person)
• Fran Millar — primary (person)
• Frank Ginn — primary (person)
• Greg Kirk — primary (person)
• Harold Jones II — primary (person)
• Hunter Hill — primary (person)
• Jack Hill — primary (person)
• Jesse Stone — primary (person)
• John Kennedy — primary (person)
• John Wilkinson — primary (person)
• Joshua McKoon — primary (person)
• Judson Hill — primary (person)
• Lester Jackson — primary (person)
• Marty Harbin — primary (person)
• Michael Williams — primary (person)
• Mike Crane — primary (person)
• Mike Crane — primary (person)
• Renee Unterman — primary (person)
• Rick Jeffares — primary (person)
• Ronald Ramsey, Sr. — primary (person)
• Ross Tolleson — primary (person)
• Steve Gooch — primary (person)
• Tommie Williams — primary (person)
• Valencia Seay — primary (person)
• William Jackson — primary (person)
• William Ligon, Jr. — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2015-02-19 Senate Hopper
• 2015-02-20 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2015-02-26 Senate Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2015-03-02 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2015-03-09 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2015-03-09 Senate Passed/Adopted passage
• 2015-03-11 House First Readers reading-1
• 2015-03-13 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2015-03-24 House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2015-03-27 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2015-03-27 House Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2015-03-27 House Reconsidered
• 2015-03-27 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2015-03-27 House Passed/Adopted Reconsidered Bill/Resolution By Substitute
• 2015-04-02 Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
• 2015-04-09 Senate Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2015-05-06 Senate Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2015-05-06 Act 180 executive-signature
• 2015-07-01 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/63a05559-221e-4c9b-a518-c73bbd55ce5a. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).