republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2023-24/sb-203.md

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Bill	"Trucking Opportunity Act of 2023"; enact	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 3 of Chapter 4 of Title 20 of the O.C.G.A., relating to industry services training program, so as to provide for tuition-free programs that relate to the operation of a commercial motor vehicle for veterans; to amend Title 40 of the O.C.G.A., relating to motor vehicles and traffic, so as to repeal provisions authorizing joinder of motor carriers and their insurance carriers in tort and contract causes of action; to provide for standards of service hours for motor carriers operating solely intrastate; to provide for hiring standards for commercial driver's license holders; to provide a short title; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2023_24	SB 203	Georgia SB 203 (2023_24)	bill		enacted	Ben Watson Bill Cowsert Carden Summers Clint Dixon Colton Moore Donzella James Frank Ginn Greg Dolezal Jason Anavitarte John F. Kennedy Lee Anderson Marty Harbin Max Burns Randy Robertson Rick Williams Sam Watson Shawn Still Steve Gooch	8	20	5	2023-02-15	2024-05-07	openstates	ocd-bill/c3da965b-77f7-4f41-a954-298f8586d0b8	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	a075e1c1384fcc3a888d1cbfffe54c22cd2e612a1ca403140788f9e3820adee2	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia SB 203 (2023_24) — "Trucking Opportunity Act of 2023"; enact

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 3 of Chapter 4 of Title 20 of the O.C.G.A., relating to industry services training program, so as to provide for tuition-free programs that relate to the operation of a commercial motor vehicle for veterans; to amend Title 40 of the O.C.G.A., relating to motor vehicles and traffic, so as to repeal provisions authorizing joinder of motor carriers and their insurance carriers in tort and contract causes of action; to provide for standards of service hours for motor carriers operating solely intrastate; to provide for hiring standards for commercial driver's license holders; 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 39 3761 (committee substitute) — source
2. As passed Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. Floor amend 1 AM 39 0344 (committee substitute) — source
4. Floor amend 2 (committee substitute) — source
5. Floor amend 3 (committee substitute) — source
6. Floor amend 4 (committee substitute) — source
7. LC 46 0767S/hss (committee substitute) — source
8. SB 203/AP* (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Senate Vote #182 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — 28–27 (pass) · upper
• Senate Vote #183 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — 31–25 (pass) · upper
• Senate Vote #185 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — 54–1 (pass) · upper
• House Vote #820 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — 168–0 (pass) · lower
• Senate Vote #184 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — 19–36 (fail) · upper

Sponsors

• Ben Watson — primary (person)
• Bill Cowsert — primary (person)
• Carden Summers — primary (person)
• Clint Dixon — primary (person)
• Colton Moore — primary (person)
• Donzella James — primary (person)
• Frank Ginn — primary (person)
• Greg Dolezal — primary (person)
• Jason Anavitarte — primary (person)
• John F. Kennedy — primary (person)
• Lee Anderson — primary (person)
• Marty Harbin — primary (person)
• Max Burns — primary (person)
• Randy Robertson — primary (person)
• Rick Williams — primary (person)
• Sam Watson — primary (person)
• Shawn Still — primary (person)
• Steve Gooch — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-02-15 Senate Hopper introduction
• 2023-02-16 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2023-02-28 Senate Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-03-01 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2023-03-06 Senate Tabled
• 2023-03-06 Senate Taken from Table
• 2023-03-06 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2023-03-06 Senate Passed/Adopted As Amended passage
• 2023-03-07 House First Readers reading-1
• 2023-03-08 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2024-01-31 House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-03-13 House Withdrawn, Recommitted referral-committee, withdrawal
• 2024-03-13 House Withdrawn, Recommitted referral-committee, withdrawal
• 2024-03-20 House Withdrawn, Recommitted referral-committee, withdrawal
• 2024-03-26 House Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-03-28 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2024-03-28 House Passed/Adopted passage
• 2024-04-04 Senate Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2024-05-07 Senate Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2024-05-07 Veto V11 executive-veto

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/c3da965b-77f7-4f41-a954-298f8586d0b8. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).