republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2025-26/hb-651.md

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Bill	Motor vehicles; use of automated traffic enforcement safety devices in school zones; revise provisions	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 2 of Chapter 14 of Title 40 of the O.C.G.A., relating to speed detection devices, so as to revise provisions relative to the use of automated traffic enforcement safety devices in school zones; to amend Title 15 of the O.C.G.A., relating to courts, so as to authorize district attorneys, solicitors-general, and prosecuting attorneys to enforce civil monetary penalties relative to the enforcement of laws regarding speeding in a school zone using recorded images; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2025_26	HB 651	Georgia HB 651 (2025_26)	bill	EDUCATION MOTOR VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC	enacted	Alan Powell Bruce Williamson Chris Erwin James Burchett John Corbett Rob Leverett	10	22	7	2025-02-26	2026-07-01	openstates	ocd-bill/fddcd76e-4323-4833-b0c0-f41f1a5d8235	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	337f49d52e07bdc3301900164664b43b66cb437048b09e42f8cd71af2d7419fc	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia HB 651 (2025_26) — Motor vehicles; use of automated traffic enforcement safety devices in school zones; revise provisions

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 2 of Chapter 14 of Title 40 of the O.C.G.A., relating to speed detection devices, so as to revise provisions relative to the use of automated traffic enforcement safety devices in school zones; to amend Title 15 of the O.C.G.A., relating to courts, so as to authorize district attorneys, solicitors-general, and prosecuting attorneys to enforce civil monetary penalties relative to the enforcement of laws regarding speeding in a school zone using recorded images; 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 0495 (committee substitute) — source
2. HB 651/AP* (committee substitute) — source
3. LC 39 4692/a (committee substitute) — source
4. LC 39 4729S/RCS (committee substitute) — source
5. LC 39 4729S/rcs (committee substitute) — source
6. SCSFA to HB 651 (committee substitute) — source
7. Sen Ctee sub LC 39 4807S (committee substitute) — source
8. Sen Floor Amend 1 (committee substitute) — source
9. Sen Floor Amend 1 AM 39 0478 (committee substitute) — source
10. Sen Floor Amend 1A (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• House Vote #446 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 140–29 (pass) · lower
• Senate Vote #453 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 40–15 (pass) · upper
• House Vote #878 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 156–14 (pass) · lower
• Senate Vote #817 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 49–1 (pass) · upper
• Senate Vote #816 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 23–27 (fail) · upper
• Senate Vote #454 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 51–3 (pass) · upper
• House Vote #170 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 164–8 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Alan Powell — primary (person)
• Bruce Williamson — primary (person)
• Chris Erwin — primary (person)
• James Burchett — primary (person)
• John Corbett — primary (person)
• Rob Leverett — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-02-26 House Hopper introduction
• 2025-02-26 House First Readers reading-1
• 2025-02-27 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2025-02-28 House Committee Favorably Reported 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
• 2025-03-28 Senate Withdrawn & Recommitted referral-committee, withdrawal
• 2025-03-31 Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-03-31 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2025-04-02 Senate Tabled
• 2025-04-04 Senate Taken from Table
• 2025-04-04 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2025-04-04 Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2025-04-04 House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub As Amended
• 2026-03-25 Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub As Amended
• 2026-03-25 Senate Transmitted House
• 2026-04-02 House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
• 2026-04-10 House Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2026-05-12 House Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2026-05-12 Act 711 executive-signature
• 2026-07-01 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/fddcd76e-4323-4833-b0c0-f41f1a5d8235. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).