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| Bill | Motor vehicles and traffic; following requirements for vehicles in a procession when speed is coordinated automatically; provide exception | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 3 of Chapter 6 of Title 40 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to driving on right side of roadway, overtaking and passing, and following too closely, so as to provide for an exception for following requirements for vehicles following in a procession when speed of the non-leading, participating vehicles are coordinated automatically; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. | us/states/ga | Georgia General Assembly | 2017_18 | HB 472 | Georgia HB 472 (2017_18) |
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Georgia HB 472 (2017_18) — Motor vehicles and traffic; following requirements for vehicles in a procession when speed is coordinated automatically; provide exception
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 3 of Chapter 6 of Title 40 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to driving on right side of roadway, overtaking and passing, and following too closely, so as to provide for an exception for following requirements for vehicles following in a procession when speed of the non-leading, participating vehicles are coordinated automatically; 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.
Votes
- PASSAGE — 167–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
- Alan Powell — primary (person)
- James Epps — primary (person)
- Jason Shaw — primary (person)
- Sam Watson — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2017-02-22 House Hopper
- 2017-02-23 House First Readers
reading-1 - 2017-02-24 House Second Readers
reading-2 - 2017-03-03 House Committee Favorably Reported
committee-passage-favorable - 2017-03-03 House Third Readers
reading-3 - 2017-03-03 House Passed/Adopted
passage - 2017-03-06 Senate Read and Referred
referral-committee - 2017-03-15 Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute
committee-passage-favorable - 2017-03-16 Senate Read Second Time
reading-2 - 2017-03-28 Senate Tabled
- 2017-03-30 Senate Taken from Table
- 2017-03-30 Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute
passage - 2017-03-30 House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
- 2017-04-05 House Sent to Governor
executive-receipt - 2017-05-09 House Date Signed by Governor
executive-signature - 2017-05-09 Act 267
executive-signature - 2017-07-01 Effective Date
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/8deb6df1-3d48-455f-9f92-c1472636a774. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).