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| Bill | Motor vehicles; Georgia State Patrol motor vehicles for traffic law enforcement may be a solid color; provide | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 40-8-91 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to marking and equipment of law enforcement vehicles and motorist allowed to continue to safe location before stopping for law enforcement officer vehicles, so as to provide that a motor vehicle used by any employee of the Georgia State Patrol for the enforcement of traffic laws may be a solid color; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. | us/states/ga | Georgia General Assembly | 2017_18 | HB 809 | Georgia HB 809 (2017_18) |
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Georgia HB 809 (2017_18) — Motor vehicles; Georgia State Patrol motor vehicles for traffic law enforcement may be a solid color; provide
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 40-8-91 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to marking and equipment of law enforcement vehicles and motorist allowed to continue to safe location before stopping for law enforcement officer vehicles, so as to provide that a motor vehicle used by any employee of the Georgia State Patrol for the enforcement of traffic laws may be a solid color; 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 — 163–3 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
- Bill Hitchens — primary (person)
- Eddie Lumsden — primary (person)
- James Epps — primary (person)
- Kevin Tanner — primary (person)
- Rick Williams — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2018-02-01 House Hopper
- 2018-02-05 House First Readers
reading-1 - 2018-02-06 House Second Readers
reading-2 - 2018-02-20 House Committee Favorably Reported
committee-passage-favorable - 2018-02-23 House Third Readers
reading-3 - 2018-02-23 House Passed/Adopted
passage - 2018-02-26 Senate Read and Referred
referral-committee - 2018-03-09 Senate Committee Favorably Reported
committee-passage-favorable - 2018-03-12 Senate Read Second Time
reading-2 - 2018-03-27 Senate Third Read
reading-3 - 2018-03-27 Senate Passed/Adopted
passage - 2018-04-03 House Sent to Governor
executive-receipt - 2018-05-03 House Date Signed by Governor
executive-signature - 2018-05-03 Act 344
executive-signature - 2018-07-01 Effective Date
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/6e65e343-d02a-472f-87b5-810c115aca40. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).