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Bill Georgia Council on Criminal Justice Reform; driving privileges; enact reforms A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 17 and Chapter 5 of Title 40 of the O.C.G.A., relating to criminal procedure and drivers' licenses, respectively, so as to enact reforms relating to driving privileges recommended by the Georgia Council on Criminal Justice Reform; to change and provide for the procedure of issuing bench warrants for individuals charged with certain traffic, motorist, and road violations; to remove a barrier to obtaining a habitual violator probationary license; to change provisions relating to third and subsequent convictions under Code Section 40-6-391 involving controlled substances or marijuana; to change provisions relating to reinstatement of certain licenses under certain conditions; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. us/states/ga Georgia General Assembly 2017_18 SB 176 Georgia SB 176 (2017_18)
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Ben Watson
Blake Tillery
Brandon Beach
Bruce Thompson
Butch Miller
Chuck Payne
Chuck Hufstetler
David Shafer
Elena Parent
Fran Millar
Frank Ginn
Greg Kirk
Harold Jones II
Jack Hill
Jeff Mullis
Jesse Stone
John Albers
John Kennedy
John Wilkinson
Lawrence Walker III
Lindsey Tippins
Matt Brass
Michael Williams
Mike Dugan
P. K. Martin IV
Rick Jeffares
Steve Gooch
Tyler Harper
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Georgia SB 176 (2017_18) — Georgia Council on Criminal Justice Reform; driving privileges; enact reforms

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 17 and Chapter 5 of Title 40 of the O.C.G.A., relating to criminal procedure and drivers' licenses, respectively, so as to enact reforms relating to driving privileges recommended by the Georgia Council on Criminal Justice Reform; to change and provide for the procedure of issuing bench warrants for individuals charged with certain traffic, motorist, and road violations; to remove a barrier to obtaining a habitual violator probationary license; to change provisions relating to third and subsequent convictions under Code Section 40-6-391 involving controlled substances or marijuana; to change provisions relating to reinstatement of certain licenses under certain conditions; 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 BY SUBSTITUTE — 520 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

  • Ben Watson — primary (person)
  • Blake Tillery — primary (person)
  • Brandon Beach — primary (person)
  • Bruce Thompson — primary (person)
  • Butch Miller — primary (person)
  • Chuck Payne — primary (person)
  • Chuck Hufstetler — primary (person)
  • David Shafer — primary (person)
  • Elena Parent — primary (person)
  • Fran Millar — primary (person)
  • Frank Ginn — primary (person)
  • Greg Kirk — primary (person)
  • Harold Jones II — primary (person)
  • Jack Hill — primary (person)
  • Jeff Mullis — primary (person)
  • Jesse Stone — primary (person)
  • John Albers — primary (person)
  • John Kennedy — primary (person)
  • John Wilkinson — primary (person)
  • Lawrence Walker III — primary (person)
  • Lindsey Tippins — primary (person)
  • Matt Brass — primary (person)
  • Michael Williams — primary (person)
  • Mike Dugan — primary (person)
  • P. K. Martin IV — primary (person)
  • Rick Jeffares — primary (person)
  • Steve Gooch — primary (person)
  • Tyler Harper — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2017-02-14 Senate Hopper
  • 2017-02-15 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
  • 2017-02-24 Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
  • 2017-02-27 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
  • 2017-03-01 Senate Third Read reading-3
  • 2017-03-01 Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
  • 2017-03-03 House First Readers reading-1
  • 2017-03-06 House Second Readers reading-2
  • 2017-03-20 House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
  • 2017-03-24 House Third Readers reading-3
  • 2017-03-24 House Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
  • 2017-03-30 Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
  • 2017-04-06 Senate Sent to Governor executive-receipt
  • 2017-05-09 Senate Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
  • 2017-05-09 Act 228 executive-signature
  • 2017-07-01 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/e5b2af57-cf77-4079-bf8d-c8ef764d98ad. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).