republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2019-20/sb-1.md

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Bill	"C.J.'s Law"; penalty for hit and run accidents that result in serious injury; provide	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 40 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to motor vehicles and traffic, so as to provide for a penalty for hit and run accidents that result in serious injury; to clarify a cross-reference relating to suspensions of drivers' licenses; to provide a definition; to provide a short title; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2019_20	SB 1	Georgia SB 1 (2019_20)	bill		enacted	Donzella James Elena Parent Ellis Black Emanuel Jones Greg Kirk Harold Jones II Jennifer Jordan Matt Brass Zahra Karinshak	7	16	1	2018-11-19	2019-07-01	openstates	ocd-bill/aa770bfd-cc42-40db-a81a-851bc35be1d7	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	c848a31fd1ef34317231f088448ec156aaa959a9813b7c868090014a4bb0ef94	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia SB 1 (2019_20) — "C.J.'s Law"; penalty for hit and run accidents that result in serious injury; provide

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 40 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to motor vehicles and traffic, so as to provide for a penalty for hit and run accidents that result in serious injury; to clarify a cross-reference relating to suspensions of drivers' licenses; to provide a definition; to provide a short title; 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.

1. As introduced LC 44 0971 (committee substitute) — source
2. As passed Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. Committee sub LC 41 1779S (committee substitute) — source
4. Floor amend 1 AM 41 0409 (committee substitute) — source
5. Floor amend 2 AM 41 0410 (committee substitute) — source
6. SB 1 Prefile LC 44 0971 (committee substitute) — source
7. SB1/AP* (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• PASSAGE BY SUBSTITUTE — 50–1 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Donzella James — primary (person)
• Elena Parent — primary (person)
• Ellis Black — primary (person)
• Emanuel Jones — primary (person)
• Greg Kirk — primary (person)
• Harold Jones II — primary (person)
• Jennifer Jordan — primary (person)
• Matt Brass — primary (person)
• Zahra Karinshak — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2018-11-19 Senate Prefiled introduction
• 2019-01-28 Senate Hopper
• 2019-01-30 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2019-02-08 Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-02-11 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2019-02-21 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2019-02-21 Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2019-02-22 House First Readers reading-1
• 2019-02-25 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2019-03-14 House Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-03-22 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2019-03-22 House Passed/Adopted passage
• 2019-04-05 Senate Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2019-05-03 Senate Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2019-05-03 Act 151 executive-signature
• 2019-07-01 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/aa770bfd-cc42-40db-a81a-851bc35be1d7. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).