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| Bill | Railroad Crossings; persons driving vehicles shall exercise due care and caution for other on-track equipment; require | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 7 of Chapter 6 of Title 40 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to negotiating railroad crossings and entering highways from private driveways, so as to require that persons driving vehicles shall exercise due care and caution for other on-track equipment, as for trains, at railroad grade crossings; to provide for a definition; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. | us/states/ga | Georgia General Assembly | 2017_18 | SB 409 | Georgia SB 409 (2017_18) |
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Georgia SB 409 (2017_18) — Railroad Crossings; persons driving vehicles shall exercise due care and caution for other on-track equipment; require
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 7 of Chapter 6 of Title 40 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to negotiating railroad crossings and entering highways from private driveways, so as to require that persons driving vehicles shall exercise due care and caution for other on-track equipment, as for trains, at railroad grade crossings; to provide for a definition; 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 — 46–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
- Ben Watson — primary (person)
- Brandon Beach — primary (person)
- Burt Jones — primary (person)
- Jeff Mullis — primary (person)
- John Albers — primary (person)
- Steve Gooch — primary (person)
- Tyler Harper — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2018-02-08 Senate Hopper
- 2018-02-12 Senate Read and Referred
referral-committee - 2018-02-15 Senate Committee Favorably Reported
committee-passage-favorable - 2018-02-20 Senate Read Second Time
reading-2 - 2018-02-26 Senate Third Read
reading-3 - 2018-02-26 Senate Passed/Adopted
passage - 2018-02-28 House First Readers
reading-1 - 2018-03-01 House Second Readers
reading-2 - 2018-03-14 House Committee Favorably Reported
committee-passage-favorable - 2018-03-21 House Third Readers
reading-3 - 2018-03-21 House Passed/Adopted
passage - 2018-04-05 Senate Sent to Governor
executive-receipt - 2018-05-03 Senate Date Signed by Governor
executive-signature - 2018-05-03 Act 401
executive-signature - 2018-07-01 Effective Date
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/628003f7-41c3-42e0-8386-4844e0392b35. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).