republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2013-14/hb-254.md

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Bill	Motor vehicles; electronic proof of insurance may be accepted under certain circumstances; provide	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 6 of Title 40 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions relative to uniform rules of the road, so as to provide that electronic proof of insurance may be accepted under certain circumstances; to provide for a definition; to provide that an insurance company may issue coverage information in electronic format on a mobile electronic device of insurance coverage in lieu of issuing a card; 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	2013_14	HB 254	Georgia HB 254 (2013_14)	bill		enacted	Ben Harbin Bruce Williamson Carolyn Hugley Jason Shaw Sam Teasley Tom Rice	3	16	1	2013-02-07	2013-05-06	openstates	ocd-bill/46375203-6b7e-457b-88c7-526b4faebdb9	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	3f2030569e411058d6e0334315e7d694fcf0f101f43ea5483bb08e6e90a75e5d	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia HB 254 (2013_14) — Motor vehicles; electronic proof of insurance may be accepted under certain circumstances; provide

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 6 of Title 40 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions relative to uniform rules of the road, so as to provide that electronic proof of insurance may be accepted under certain circumstances; to provide for a definition; to provide that an insurance company may issue coverage information in electronic format on a mobile electronic device of insurance coverage in lieu of issuing a card; 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. HB 254/AP* (committee substitute) — source
2. LC 37 1514/a (committee substitute) — source
3. Sen ctee sub LC 37 1577S (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• PASSAGE — 165–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Ben Harbin — primary (person)
• Bruce Williamson — primary (person)
• Carolyn Hugley — primary (person)
• Jason Shaw — primary (person)
• Sam Teasley — primary (person)
• Tom Rice — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2013-02-07 House Hopper
• 2013-02-08 House First Readers reading-1
• 2013-02-11 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2013-02-13 House Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2013-02-21 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2013-02-21 House Passed/Adopted passage
• 2013-02-22 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2013-03-01 Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2013-03-04 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2013-03-12 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2013-03-12 Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2013-03-14 House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
• 2013-04-01 House Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2013-05-06 House Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2013-05-06 Act 185 executive-signature
• 2013-05-06 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/46375203-6b7e-457b-88c7-526b4faebdb9. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).