republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2017-18/sb-342.md

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Bill	Licensing of Motor Vehicles; owner with valid license plate without the required revalidation decal to retain custody of vehicle under certain conditions; permit	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 2 of Title 40 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to registration and licensing of motor vehicles generally, so as to permit the owner or operator of a vehicle which has a valid number license plate without the required revalidation decal affixed to the plate to retain custody of the vehicle under certain conditions; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2017_18	SB 342	Georgia SB 342 (2017_18)	bill		enacted	Ben Watson Bill Cowsert Brandon Beach Bruce Thompson Burt Jones Butch Miller Chuck Payne Curt Thompson Ed Harbison Fran Millar Frank Ginn Jennifer Jordan Jesse Stone John Albers Kay Kirkpatrick Lee Anderson Lindsey Tippins Marty Harbin Matt Brass Michael 'Doc' Rhett Michael Williams Mike Dugan Tonya Anderson Tyler Harper William Ligon, Jr.	0	16	1	2018-01-22	2018-05-08	openstates	ocd-bill/6284118f-355f-49fc-b94a-0af41f87fac1	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	8d83d33e2f6be308de1bce4c065678764d338f123a5744a7b6f303f198423378	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia SB 342 (2017_18) — Licensing of Motor Vehicles; owner with valid license plate without the required revalidation decal to retain custody of vehicle under certain conditions; permit

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 2 of Title 40 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to registration and licensing of motor vehicles generally, so as to permit the owner or operator of a vehicle which has a valid number license plate without the required revalidation decal affixed to the plate to retain custody of the vehicle under certain conditions; 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 — 56–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Ben Watson — primary (person)
• Bill Cowsert — primary (person)
• Brandon Beach — primary (person)
• Bruce Thompson — primary (person)
• Burt Jones — primary (person)
• Butch Miller — primary (person)
• Chuck Payne — primary (person)
• Curt Thompson — primary (person)
• Ed Harbison — primary (person)
• Fran Millar — primary (person)
• Frank Ginn — primary (person)
• Jennifer Jordan — primary (person)
• Jesse Stone — primary (person)
• John Albers — primary (person)
• Kay Kirkpatrick — primary (person)
• Lee Anderson — primary (person)
• Lindsey Tippins — primary (person)
• Marty Harbin — primary (person)
• Matt Brass — primary (person)
• Michael 'Doc' Rhett — primary (person)
• Michael Williams — primary (person)
• Mike Dugan — primary (person)
• Tonya Anderson — primary (person)
• Tyler Harper — primary (person)
• William Ligon, Jr. — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2018-01-22 Senate Hopper
• 2018-01-23 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2018-02-08 Senate Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2018-02-12 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2018-02-13 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2018-02-13 Senate Passed/Adopted passage
• 2018-02-14 House First Readers reading-1
• 2018-02-15 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2018-03-14 House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2018-03-19 House Postponed
• 2018-03-21 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2018-03-21 House Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2018-03-29 Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
• 2018-04-05 Senate Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2018-05-08 Senate Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2018-05-08 Veto V20 executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/6284118f-355f-49fc-b94a-0af41f87fac1. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).