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type: "Bill"
title: "Drivers' licenses; commissioner to enter into reciprocal agreements on behalf of Georgia for recognition of licenses issued by foreign territories; authorize"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 5 of Title 40 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to drivers' licenses, so as to authorize the commissioner of driver services to enter into reciprocal agreements on behalf of Georgia for the recognition of drivers' licenses issued by foreign territories; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2013_14"
identifier: "HB 475"
citation: "Georgia HB 475 (2013_14)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Alan Powell", "B.J. Pak", "Matt Hatchett", "Matt Ramsey", "Ron Stephens", "Tom Rice"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 16
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2013-02-25"
last_action: "2013-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/93491791-0958-41f5-a1dd-c014ed6fa6e7"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "4c0ca0a42bd4626fcbd8b51b2ec4ef523fbbd29a1d06cb182eb4526b65569870"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ga"]
---
# Georgia HB 475 (2013_14) — Drivers' licenses; commissioner to enter into reciprocal agreements on behalf of Georgia for recognition of licenses issued by foreign territories; authorize
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 5 of Title 40 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to drivers' licenses, so as to authorize the commissioner of driver services to enter into reciprocal agreements on behalf of Georgia for the recognition of drivers' licenses issued by foreign territories; 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 475/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/136995.pdf)
2. **LC 35 2938/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/132269.pdf)
3. **Sen floor amend 1 AM 35 0347** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/135885.pdf)
4. **Sen floor amend 2 AM 35 0344** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/135884.pdf)
## Votes
- PASSAGE — **1742** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Alan Powell — primary (person)
- B.J. Pak — primary (person)
- Matt Hatchett — primary (person)
- Matt Ramsey — primary (person)
- Ron Stephens — primary (person)
- Tom Rice — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2013-02-25** House Hopper
- **2013-02-25** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2013-02-26** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2013-02-27** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-03-05** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2013-03-05** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2013-03-07** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2013-03-20** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-03-21** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2013-03-26** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2013-03-26** Senate Passed/Adopted As Amended `passage`
- **2013-03-28** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
- **2013-04-03** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2013-05-01** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2013-05-01** Act 124 `executive-signature`
- **2013-07-01** Effective Date
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/93491791-0958-41f5-a1dd-c014ed6fa6e7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).