republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2025-26/hb-551.md

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Bill	Motor vehicles; conditions, procedures, and limitations for issuance of temporary operating permits; provide	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 40 of the O.C.G.A., relating to motor vehicles and traffic, so as to provide for conditions, procedures, and limitations for issuance of temporary operating permits for motor vehicles; to amend Code Section 43-47-8 of the O.C.G.A., relating to license applications for used motor vehicle dealers and used motor vehicle parts dealers, prerequisites, license fees, renewal, training or test, supplemental licenses, bonds, insurance, suspension for conviction or false statement, and meetings; to amend Code Section 48-5C-1 of the O.C.G.A., relating to alternative ad valorem tax on motor vehicles; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2025_26	HB 551	Georgia HB 551 (2025_26)	bill	MOTOR VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC PROFESSIONS AND BUSINESSES REVENUE AND TAXATION	enacted	Danny Mathis Jason Ridley John Corbett Rick Jasperse Todd Jones	8	17	4	2025-02-20	2026-01-01	openstates	ocd-bill/b2eb2657-0b02-4ec6-bca9-9ef4e34707ce	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	03da9f323c2c1ecfcb80c3eca14049f9af6dded4f4845218440eb3b1addd5c33	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia HB 551 (2025_26) — Motor vehicles; conditions, procedures, and limitations for issuance of temporary operating permits; provide

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 40 of the O.C.G.A., relating to motor vehicles and traffic, so as to provide for conditions, procedures, and limitations for issuance of temporary operating permits for motor vehicles; to amend Code Section 43-47-8 of the O.C.G.A., relating to license applications for used motor vehicle dealers and used motor vehicle parts dealers, prerequisites, license fees, renewal, training or test, supplemental licenses, bonds, insurance, suspension for conviction or false statement, and meetings; to amend Code Section 48-5C-1 of the O.C.G.A., relating to alternative ad valorem tax on motor vehicles; 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. Floor Amendment AM 39 0472 (committee substitute) — source
2. HB 551/AP* (committee substitute) — source
3. LC 39 4630/a (committee substitute) — source
4. LC 39 4675S/hcs (committee substitute) — source
5. LC 39 4675S/hs (committee substitute) — source
6. SCSFA to HB 551 (committee substitute) — source
7. Sen Ctee sub LC 39 4771S (committee substitute) — source
8. Sen Floor Amend 1 AM 39 0461 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• House Vote #167 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 168–2 (pass) · lower
• House Vote #359 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 162–3 (pass) · lower
• Senate Vote #305 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 48–3 (pass) · upper
• Senate Vote #414 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 50–3 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Danny Mathis — primary (person)
• Jason Ridley — primary (person)
• John Corbett — primary (person)
• Rick Jasperse — primary (person)
• Todd Jones — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-02-20 House Hopper introduction
• 2025-02-21 House First Readers reading-1
• 2025-02-24 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2025-02-26 House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-03-04 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2025-03-04 House Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2025-03-06 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2025-03-20 Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-03-21 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2025-03-27 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2025-03-27 Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2025-03-31 House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub As Amended
• 2025-04-02 Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
• 2025-04-10 House Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2025-05-14 House Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2025-05-14 Act 272 executive-signature
• 2026-01-01 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/b2eb2657-0b02-4ec6-bca9-9ef4e34707ce. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).