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type: "Bill"
title: "Brain and Spinal Injury Trust Fund; imposition of additional fine for reckless driving; provide"
description: "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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2013_14"
identifier: "HB 870"
citation: "Georgia HB 870 (2013_14)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Eddie Lumsden", "Kevin Tanner", "Rusty Kidd", "Sharon Cooper", "Tom Dickson"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 17
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2014-01-28"
last_action: "2015-01-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/075437ce-7437-481b-ba95-22d105816f1f"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "1a465142ce0138859be4c98851b1b89e121e42140ecdc2425b190be4e590b387"
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 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](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/144458.pdf)
2. **LC 28 6856/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/138442.pdf)
## 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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/075437ce-7437-481b-ba95-22d105816f1f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).