republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2023-24/sb-352.md

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Bill	Motor Vehicle Equipment and Inspection; standards for the alteration and operation of motor vehicles with modified suspension systems; provide	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 1 of Article 1 of Chapter 8 of Title 40 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions relative to motor vehicle equipment and inspection, so as to provide for standards for the alteration and operation of motor vehicles with modified suspension systems; to revise definitions; to prohibit the operation of a motor vehicle with broken suspension system springs; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2023_24	SB 352	Georgia SB 352 (2023_24)	bill		enacted	Ben Watson Bill Cowsert Billy Hickman Bo Hatchett Brandon Beach Brian Strickland Carden Summers Chuck Hufstetler Chuck Payne Clint Dixon Derek Mallow Donzella James Ed Harbison Ed Setzler Emanuel Jones Frank Ginn Freddie Powell Sims Gail Davenport Greg Dolezal Harold Jones II Jason Anavitarte John Albers John F. Kennedy Kay Kirkpatrick Larry Walker, III Lee Anderson Marty Harbin Matt Brass Max Burns Michael 'Doc' Rhett Mike Hodges Nabilah Islam Parkes Randy Robertson Rick Williams Russ Goodman Sam Watson Shawn Still Sheikh Rahman Shelly Echols Steve Gooch Tonya Anderson Valencia Seay	5	16	3	2024-01-11	2024-07-01	openstates	ocd-bill/277bfa35-f601-433a-866a-7ed724c2e44d	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	af68dc2eef891b71e3cf9182a0478ce7c0bba5b78827a60b09ffeac913ca7f48	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia SB 352 (2023_24) — Motor Vehicle Equipment and Inspection; standards for the alteration and operation of motor vehicles with modified suspension systems; provide

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 1 of Article 1 of Chapter 8 of Title 40 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions relative to motor vehicle equipment and inspection, so as to provide for standards for the alteration and operation of motor vehicles with modified suspension systems; to revise definitions; to prohibit the operation of a motor vehicle with broken suspension system springs; 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 Passed Senate (committee substitute) — source
2. As introduced LC 39 4003 (committee substitute) — source
3. Floor amend #1 (committee substitute) — source
4. LC 39 4241S/hss (committee substitute) — source
5. SB 352/AP* (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Senate Vote #450 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — 41–9 (pass) · upper
• House Vote #667 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — 136–33 (pass) · lower
• Senate Vote #685 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — 47–2 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Ben Watson — primary (person)
• Bill Cowsert — primary (person)
• Billy Hickman — primary (person)
• Bo Hatchett — primary (person)
• Brandon Beach — primary (person)
• Brian Strickland — primary (person)
• Carden Summers — primary (person)
• Chuck Hufstetler — primary (person)
• Chuck Payne — primary (person)
• Clint Dixon — primary (person)
• Derek Mallow — primary (person)
• Donzella James — primary (person)
• Ed Harbison — primary (person)
• Ed Setzler — primary (person)
• Emanuel Jones — primary (person)
• Frank Ginn — primary (person)
• Freddie Powell Sims — primary (person)
• Gail Davenport — primary (person)
• Greg Dolezal — primary (person)
• Harold Jones II — primary (person)
• Jason Anavitarte — primary (person)
• John Albers — primary (person)
• John F. Kennedy — primary (person)
• Kay Kirkpatrick — primary (person)
• Larry Walker, III — primary (person)
• Lee Anderson — primary (person)
• Marty Harbin — primary (person)
• Matt Brass — primary (person)
• Max Burns — primary (person)
• Michael 'Doc' Rhett — primary (person)
• Mike Hodges — primary (person)
• Nabilah Islam Parkes — primary (person)
• Randy Robertson — primary (person)
• Rick Williams — primary (person)
• Russ Goodman — primary (person)
• Sam Watson — primary (person)
• Shawn Still — primary (person)
• Sheikh Rahman — primary (person)
• Shelly Echols — primary (person)
• Steve Gooch — primary (person)
• Tonya Anderson — primary (person)
• Valencia Seay — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-01-11 Senate Hopper introduction
• 2024-01-12 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2024-01-25 Senate Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-01-26 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2024-01-30 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2024-01-30 Senate Passed/Adopted As Amended passage
• 2024-01-31 House First Readers reading-1
• 2024-02-01 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2024-02-20 House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-03-07 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2024-03-07 House Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2024-03-18 Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
• 2024-04-02 Senate Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2024-05-06 Senate Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2024-05-06 Act 611 executive-signature
• 2024-07-01 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/277bfa35-f601-433a-866a-7ed724c2e44d. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).