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4.5 KiB
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| Bill | Motor vehicles; prohibit actions which distract a driver while operating a motor vehicle; provisions | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 40 of the O.C.G.A., relating to motor vehicles and traffic, so as to prohibit actions which distract a driver while operating a motor vehicle; to provide for the proper and safe use of wireless telecommunications devices while driving; to provide for definitions; to provide for violations; to provide for punishments; to provide for the assessment of points upon conviction; to provide for additional fines to be collected by the Department of Driver Services; to provide for applicability; to provide for punishments for homicide by vehicle and for serious bodily injury by vehicle when driver was operating such motor vehicle while using a wireless telecommunications device; to correct cross-references; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. | us/states/ga | Georgia General Assembly | 2017_18 | HB 673 | Georgia HB 673 (2017_18) |
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0 | 18 | 1 | 2018-01-10 | 2018-07-01 | openstates | ocd-bill/5d379f5c-a9c9-4b69-bf6f-7792123dfb0c | http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl | f10d0471000c37c320ee4dce6d9a605f7673daeac095191f6169e05ba17103c3 | 2026-07-01 | https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump | 2026-07-06 | reported |
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Georgia HB 673 (2017_18) — Motor vehicles; prohibit actions which distract a driver while operating a motor vehicle; provisions
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 40 of the O.C.G.A., relating to motor vehicles and traffic, so as to prohibit actions which distract a driver while operating a motor vehicle; to provide for the proper and safe use of wireless telecommunications devices while driving; to provide for definitions; to provide for violations; to provide for punishments; to provide for the assessment of points upon conviction; to provide for additional fines to be collected by the Department of Driver Services; to provide for applicability; to provide for punishments for homicide by vehicle and for serious bodily injury by vehicle when driver was operating such motor vehicle while using a wireless telecommunications device; to correct cross-references; 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
- AM 39 0225 — 36–136 (fail) · lower
Sponsors
- Bill Hitchens — primary (person)
- Eddie Lumsden — primary (person)
- John Carson — primary (person)
- Rich Golick — primary (person)
- Richard Smith — primary (person)
- Robert Trammell — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2018-01-10 House Hopper
- 2018-01-11 House First Readers
reading-1 - 2018-01-18 House Second Readers
reading-2 - 2018-02-22 House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute
committee-passage-favorable - 2018-02-28 House Third Readers
reading-3 - 2018-02-28 House Passed/Adopted By Substitute
passage - 2018-03-01 Senate Read and Referred
referral-committee - 2018-03-23 Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute
committee-passage-favorable - 2018-03-23 Senate Read Second Time
reading-2 - 2018-03-27 Senate Third Read
reading-3 - 2018-03-27 Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute
passage - 2018-03-29 House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub As Amended
- 2018-03-29 Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub As Amended
- 2018-03-29 House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
- 2018-04-06 House Sent to Governor
executive-receipt - 2018-05-02 House Date Signed by Governor
executive-signature - 2018-05-02 Act 298
executive-signature - 2018-07-01 Effective Date
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/5d379f5c-a9c9-4b69-bf6f-7792123dfb0c. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).