republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2013-14/sb-122.md

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Bill	Drivers' Licenses; authorize the issuance of a temporary driving permit; noncitizen applicant whose license has expired; filed extension	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 2 of Chapter 5 of Title 40 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the issuance, expiration, and renewal of drivers' licenses, so as to authorize the issuance of a temporary driving permit to a noncitizen applicant whose Georgia driver's license has expired, or will expire, who has filed a request for an extension to remain lawfully within the United States; to provide for related matters; to provide an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2013_14	SB 122	Georgia SB 122 (2013_14)	bill		enacted	Butch Miller Cecil Staton Charlie Bethel David Shafer Hunter Hill Jason Carter Nan Orrock Ronnie Chance Steve Gooch Vincent Fort	5	17	1	2013-02-06	2014-01-01	openstates	ocd-bill/a485261a-437f-4f7a-965a-81ef804a90e0	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	0e9d72cc72552345e48abca61ba4ebb397b7f26f580e7e5389fff59ccf65e9b1	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia SB 122 (2013_14) — Drivers' Licenses; authorize the issuance of a temporary driving permit; noncitizen applicant whose license has expired; filed extension

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 2 of Chapter 5 of Title 40 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the issuance, expiration, and renewal of drivers' licenses, so as to authorize the issuance of a temporary driving permit to a noncitizen applicant whose Georgia driver's license has expired, or will expire, who has filed a request for an extension to remain lawfully within the United States; to provide for related matters; to provide 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. As introduced LC 35 2860 (committee substitute) — source
2. As passed Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. Committee sub LC 35 2911S (committee substitute) — source
4. Committee sub LC 35 2932S (committee substitute) — source
5. SB 122/AP* (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• PASSAGE BY SUBSTITUTE — 51–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Butch Miller — primary (person)
• Cecil Staton — primary (person)
• Charlie Bethel — primary (person)
• David Shafer — primary (person)
• Hunter Hill — primary (person)
• Jason Carter — primary (person)
• Nan Orrock — primary (person)
• Ronnie Chance — primary (person)
• Steve Gooch — primary (person)
• Vincent Fort — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2013-02-06 Senate Hopper
• 2013-02-07 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2013-02-20 Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2013-02-21 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2013-02-25 Senate Recommitted referral-committee
• 2013-02-27 Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2013-03-01 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2013-03-01 Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2013-03-04 House First Readers reading-1
• 2013-03-05 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2013-03-14 House Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2013-03-22 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2013-03-22 House Passed/Adopted passage
• 2013-04-03 Senate Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2013-05-01 Senate Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2013-05-01 Act 125 executive-signature
• 2014-01-01 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/a485261a-437f-4f7a-965a-81ef804a90e0. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).