republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2025-26/hb-944.md

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Bill	Motor vehicles; federal regulations regarding safe operation of commercial motor carriers and commercial vehicles; update reference date	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 40-1-8 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to safe operations of motor carriers, commercial motor vehicles, and drivers and safe transportation of hazardous materials, so as to update the reference date to federal regulations regarding the safe operation of motor carriers and commercial motor vehicles; to revise a definition; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2025_26	HB 944	Georgia HB 944 (2025_26)	bill	MOTOR VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC	enacted	Bill Hitchens Clint Crowe Eddie Lumsden Lauren McDonald III	2	14	2	2026-01-12	2026-05-06	openstates	ocd-bill/de106d86-3ee8-415d-8a85-834dc574b644	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	29a8a90c55c19c56d89fb0e6c31371b318d5e7690c875fc4ab4c7642fe63da29	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia HB 944 (2025_26) — Motor vehicles; federal regulations regarding safe operation of commercial motor carriers and commercial vehicles; update reference date

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 40-1-8 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to safe operations of motor carriers, commercial motor vehicles, and drivers and safe transportation of hazardous materials, so as to update the reference date to federal regulations regarding the safe operation of motor carriers and commercial motor vehicles; to revise a definition; 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. HB 944/AP* (committee substitute) — source
2. LC 39 4841/a (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Senate Vote #786 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 50–0 (pass) · upper
• House Vote #494 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 162–4 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Bill Hitchens — primary (person)
• Clint Crowe — primary (person)
• Eddie Lumsden — primary (person)
• Lauren McDonald III — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2026-01-12 House Hopper introduction
• 2026-01-13 House First Readers reading-1
• 2026-01-14 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2026-02-03 House Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-02-10 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2026-02-10 House Passed/Adopted passage
• 2026-02-11 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2026-03-19 Senate Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-03-20 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2026-03-23 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2026-03-23 Senate Passed/Adopted passage
• 2026-04-06 House Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2026-05-06 House Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2026-05-06 Act 420 executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/de106d86-3ee8-415d-8a85-834dc574b644. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).