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| Bill | Traffic offenses; enhanced penalties for violations of fleeing or attempting to elude a police officer; provide | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 15 of Chapter 6 of Title 40 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to serious traffic offenses, so as to provide for enhanced penalties for violations of fleeing or attempting to elude a police officer; to provide for enhanced penalties for fleeing or eluding a police officer during the commission of certain crimes or under certain circumstances; to prohibit the use of a blue light to impersonate a law enforcement officer; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date and applicability; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. | us/states/ga | Georgia General Assembly | 2021_22 | HB 1216 | Georgia HB 1216 (2021_22) |
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Georgia HB 1216 (2021_22) — Traffic offenses; enhanced penalties for violations of fleeing or attempting to elude a police officer; provide
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 15 of Chapter 6 of Title 40 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to serious traffic offenses, so as to provide for enhanced penalties for violations of fleeing or attempting to elude a police officer; to provide for enhanced penalties for fleeing or eluding a police officer during the commission of certain crimes or under certain circumstances; to prohibit the use of a blue light to impersonate a law enforcement officer; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date and applicability; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- HB 1216/AP* (committee substitute) — source
- LC 39 3124-EC/a (committee substitute) — source
- LC 39 3269S/hcs (committee substitute) — source
- LC 39 3269S/hs (committee substitute) — source
- SCSFA to HB 1216 (committee substitute) — source
- Sen ctee sub LC 49 0990S (committee substitute) — source
- Sen floor amend 1 (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- PASSAGE — 95–62 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
- Alan Powell — primary (person)
- Bill Hitchens — primary (person)
- Eddie Lumsden — primary (person)
- J Collins — primary (person)
- Jon Burns — primary (person)
- Lauren McDonald — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2022-02-03 House Hopper
- 2022-02-07 House First Readers
reading-1 - 2022-02-08 House Second Readers
reading-2 - 2022-02-24 House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute
committee-passage-favorable - 2022-03-03 House Third Readers
reading-3 - 2022-03-03 House Passed/Adopted By Substitute
passage - 2022-03-04 Senate Read and Referred
referral-committee - 2022-03-25 Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute
committee-passage-favorable - 2022-03-28 Senate Read Second Time
reading-2 - 2022-04-01 Senate Tabled
- 2022-04-01 Senate Taken from Table
- 2022-04-01 Senate Third Read
reading-3 - 2022-04-01 Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute
passage - 2022-04-04 House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
- 2022-04-07 House Sent to Governor
executive-receipt - 2022-04-25 House Date Signed by Governor
executive-signature - 2022-04-25 Act 646
executive-signature - 2022-07-01 Effective Date
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/4f245c35-3e5a-4521-ba59-5a66cdc1be6f. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).