republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2015-16/sb-76.md

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Bill	"Motorcycle Mobility Safety Act"; safe operation of a motorcycle; inoperative traffic-control signal	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 40-6-20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to obedience to traffic-control devices, so as to provide for the safe operation of a motorcycle or lightweight motor vehicle through an inoperative traffic-control signal; 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	SB 76	Georgia SB 76 (2015_16)	bill		enacted	Burt Jones Butch Miller Charlie Bethel Jeff Mullis John Wilkinson Judson Hill Marty Harbin William Jackson	7	15	1	2015-02-02	2015-05-12	openstates	ocd-bill/596362c2-6958-485c-b4cf-b863dbb31f32	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	63afa69cba6e2c3b36e975f9e512b2894ab907834311d892d9692a8c65ab2c26	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia SB 76 (2015_16) — "Motorcycle Mobility Safety Act"; safe operation of a motorcycle; inoperative traffic-control signal

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 40-6-20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to obedience to traffic-control devices, so as to provide for the safe operation of a motorcycle or lightweight motor vehicle through an inoperative traffic-control signal; 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. As introduced LC 29 6187 (committee substitute) — source
2. As passed Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. Committee sub LC 41 0467S (committee substitute) — source
4. Floor amend 1 AM 41 0099 (committee substitute) — source
5. Floor amend 1a (committee substitute) — source
6. LC 41 0504S/hss (committee substitute) — source
7. SB 76/AP* (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• PASSAGE BY SUBSTITUTE — 51–4 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Burt Jones — primary (person)
• Butch Miller — primary (person)
• Charlie Bethel — primary (person)
• Jeff Mullis — primary (person)
• John Wilkinson — primary (person)
• Judson Hill — primary (person)
• Marty Harbin — primary (person)
• William Jackson — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2015-02-02 Senate Hopper
• 2015-02-03 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2015-03-05 Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2015-03-09 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2015-03-11 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2015-03-11 Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2015-03-13 House First Readers reading-1
• 2015-03-18 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2015-03-25 House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2015-04-02 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2015-04-02 House Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2015-04-02 Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
• 2015-04-08 Senate Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2015-05-12 Senate Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2015-05-12 Veto V1 executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/596362c2-6958-485c-b4cf-b863dbb31f32. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).