republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2013-14/hb-870.md

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Bill	Brain and Spinal Injury Trust Fund; imposition of additional fine for reckless driving; provide	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 9 of Chapter 21 of Title 15 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the Brain and Spinal Injury Trust Fund, so as to provide for the imposition of an additional fine for reckless driving; to provide for the disposition of such fine; to provide for related matters; to provide for a contingent effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2013_14	HB 870	Georgia HB 870 (2013_14)	bill		enacted	Eddie Lumsden Kevin Tanner Rusty Kidd Sharon Cooper Tom Dickson	2	17	1	2014-01-28	2015-01-01	openstates	ocd-bill/075437ce-7437-481b-ba95-22d105816f1f	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	1a465142ce0138859be4c98851b1b89e121e42140ecdc2425b190be4e590b387	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia HB 870 (2013_14) — Brain and Spinal Injury Trust Fund; imposition of additional fine for reckless driving; provide

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 9 of Chapter 21 of Title 15 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the Brain and Spinal Injury Trust Fund, so as to provide for the imposition of an additional fine for reckless driving; to provide for the disposition of such fine; to provide for related matters; to provide for a contingent 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 870/AP* (committee substitute) — source
2. LC 28 6856/a (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• PASSAGE — 156–11 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Eddie Lumsden — primary (person)
• Kevin Tanner — primary (person)
• Rusty Kidd — primary (person)
• Sharon Cooper — primary (person)
• Tom Dickson — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2014-01-28 House Hopper
• 2014-01-31 House First Readers reading-1
• 2014-02-03 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2014-02-26 House Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2014-03-03 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2014-03-03 House Passed/Adopted passage
• 2014-03-04 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2014-03-13 Senate Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2014-03-13 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2014-03-18 Senate Tabled
• 2014-03-18 Senate Taken from Table
• 2014-03-18 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2014-03-18 Senate Passed/Adopted passage
• 2014-03-26 House Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2014-04-15 House Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2014-04-15 Act 522 executive-signature
• 2015-01-01 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/075437ce-7437-481b-ba95-22d105816f1f. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).