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| Bill | Motor Vehicles; autonomous vehicles from certain vehicle equipment requirements; exempt | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 8 of Title 40 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to equipment and inspection of motor vehicles, so as to exempt fully autonomous vehicles from certain vehicle equipment requirements; to provide for compliance; to remove requirement for use of strobe light while operating a low-speed vehicle; to provide for means of operation of vehicle brakes and parking brakes; to revise exhaust system requirements; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. | us/states/ga | Georgia General Assembly | 2021_22 | SB 165 | Georgia SB 165 (2021_22) |
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8 | 19 | 1 | 2021-02-11 | 2021-07-01 | openstates | ocd-bill/a2533949-9fc6-47fe-a88c-055ab90c19eb | http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl | 2045301515beaffcc5309fff573184c85fd981bd0afb67b401fea5cbb6de4ee2 | 2026-07-01 | https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump | 2026-07-06 | reported |
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Georgia SB 165 (2021_22) — Motor Vehicles; autonomous vehicles from certain vehicle equipment requirements; exempt
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 8 of Title 40 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to equipment and inspection of motor vehicles, so as to exempt fully autonomous vehicles from certain vehicle equipment requirements; to provide for compliance; to remove requirement for use of strobe light while operating a low-speed vehicle; to provide for means of operation of vehicle brakes and parking brakes; to revise exhaust system requirements; 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.
- As introduced LC 39 2820 (committee substitute) — source
- As passed Senate (committee substitute) — source
- Committee sub LC 39 2937S (committee substitute) — source
- Floor Amendment AM 43 0198 (committee substitute) — source
- Floor amend 1 AM 39 0321 (committee substitute) — source
- LC 39 3036S/hss (committee substitute) — source
- SB 165/AP* (committee substitute) — source
- SB 165/HCSFA (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- MOTION TO TABLE ALL BILLS ON THE RULES CALENDAR — 32–17 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
- Ben Watson — primary (person)
- Brandon Beach — primary (person)
- Burt Jones — primary (person)
- Butch Miller — primary (person)
- Frank Ginn — primary (person)
- Greg Dolezal — primary (person)
- Jeff Mullis — primary (person)
- Kay Kirkpatrick — primary (person)
- Steve Gooch — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2021-02-11 Senate Hopper
- 2021-02-16 Senate Read and Referred
referral-committee - 2021-02-26 Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute
committee-passage-favorable - 2021-03-01 Senate Read Second Time
reading-2 - 2021-03-05 Senate Tabled
- 2021-03-05 Senate Taken from Table
- 2021-03-05 Senate Third Read
reading-3 - 2021-03-05 Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute
passage - 2021-03-08 House First Readers
reading-1 - 2021-03-09 House Second Readers
reading-2 - 2021-03-17 House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute
committee-passage-favorable - 2021-03-25 House Third Readers
reading-3 - 2021-03-25 House Passed/Adopted By Substitute
passage - 2021-03-31 Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub As Amended
- 2021-03-31 House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
- 2021-04-07 Senate Sent to Governor
executive-receipt - 2021-05-04 Senate Date Signed by Governor
executive-signature - 2021-05-04 Act 214
executive-signature - 2021-07-01 Effective Date
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/a2533949-9fc6-47fe-a88c-055ab90c19eb. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).