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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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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 — 52–0 (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).