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type: "Bill"
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title: "Motor vehicles; electronic proof of insurance may be accepted under certain circumstances; provide"
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description: "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."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
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legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
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session: "2013_14"
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identifier: "HB 254"
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citation: "Georgia HB 254 (2013_14)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Ben Harbin", "Bruce Williamson", "Carolyn Hugley", "Jason Shaw", "Sam Teasley", "Tom Rice"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 16
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2013-02-07"
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last_action: "2013-05-06"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/46375203-6b7e-457b-88c7-526b4faebdb9"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "3f2030569e411058d6e0334315e7d694fcf0f101f43ea5483bb08e6e90a75e5d"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ga"]
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---
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# Georgia HB 254 (2013_14) — Motor vehicles; electronic proof of insurance may be accepted under certain circumstances; provide
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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.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **HB 254/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/134602.pdf)
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2. **LC 37 1514/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/130156.pdf)
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3. **Sen ctee sub LC 37 1577S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/132874.pdf)
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## Votes
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- PASSAGE — **165–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Ben Harbin — primary (person)
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- Bruce Williamson — primary (person)
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- Carolyn Hugley — primary (person)
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- Jason Shaw — primary (person)
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- Sam Teasley — primary (person)
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- Tom Rice — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2013-02-07** House Hopper
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- **2013-02-08** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2013-02-11** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2013-02-13** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2013-02-21** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2013-02-21** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2013-02-22** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2013-03-01** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2013-03-04** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2013-03-12** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2013-03-12** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2013-03-14** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
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- **2013-04-01** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2013-05-06** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2013-05-06** Act 185 `executive-signature`
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- **2013-05-06** Effective Date
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/46375203-6b7e-457b-88c7-526b4faebdb9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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