republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2025-26/sb-384.md

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Bill	Motor Vehicle; optional five-year motor vehicle registration and revalidation for certain motor vehicles; provide	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 2 of Chapter 9 of Title 12 and Title 40 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to motor vehicle emission inspection and maintenance and motor vehicles and traffic, respectively, so as to provide for an optional five-year motor vehicle registration and revalidation for certain motor vehicles; to revise and provide for definitions; to provide for conforming changes; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2025_26	SB 384	Georgia SB 384 (2025_26)	bill	MOTOR VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC	enacted	Ben Watson Billy Hickman Blake Tillery Bo Hatchett Brian Strickland Carden Summers Chuck Hufstetler Clint Dixon Drew Echols Ed Setzler Greg Dolezal Jason Anavitarte John Albers Kay Kirkpatrick Lee Anderson Matt Brass Max Burns Mike Hodges Rick Williams Russ Goodman Sam Watson Timothy Bearden	5	15	2	2026-01-12	2027-07-01	openstates	ocd-bill/945eaa2d-5558-4073-9885-77bd6badd5f8	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	ae90e904aef21f0343218239d399508b5013b6d0ae6dab822876d7104ed694f7	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia SB 384 (2025_26) — Motor Vehicle; optional five-year motor vehicle registration and revalidation for certain motor vehicles; provide

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 2 of Chapter 9 of Title 12 and Title 40 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to motor vehicle emission inspection and maintenance and motor vehicles and traffic, respectively, so as to provide for an optional five-year motor vehicle registration and revalidation for certain motor vehicles; to revise and provide for definitions; to provide for conforming changes; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; 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 4826 (committee substitute) — source
3. Committee Sub LC 39 4893S (committee substitute) — source
4. LC 39 5097S/hrcs (committee substitute) — source
5. SB 384/AP* (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• House Vote #736 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 151–7 (pass) · lower
• Senate Vote #533 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 45–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Ben Watson — primary (person)
• Billy Hickman — primary (person)
• Blake Tillery — primary (person)
• Bo Hatchett — primary (person)
• Brian Strickland — primary (person)
• Carden Summers — primary (person)
• Chuck Hufstetler — primary (person)
• Clint Dixon — primary (person)
• Drew Echols — primary (person)
• Ed Setzler — primary (person)
• Greg Dolezal — primary (person)
• Jason Anavitarte — primary (person)
• John Albers — primary (person)
• Kay Kirkpatrick — primary (person)
• Lee Anderson — primary (person)
• Matt Brass — primary (person)
• Max Burns — primary (person)
• Mike Hodges — primary (person)
• Rick Williams — primary (person)
• Russ Goodman — primary (person)
• Sam Watson — primary (person)
• Timothy Bearden — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2026-01-12 Senate Hopper introduction
• 2026-01-13 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2026-02-03 Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-02-04 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2026-02-10 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2026-02-10 Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2026-02-11 House First Readers reading-1
• 2026-02-12 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2026-03-18 House Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-03-20 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2026-03-20 House Passed/Adopted passage
• 2026-04-10 Senate Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2026-05-11 Senate Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2026-05-11 Act 505 executive-signature
• 2027-07-01 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/945eaa2d-5558-4073-9885-77bd6badd5f8. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).