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type: "Bill"
title: "Highways, Bridges and Ferries; annual commercial wrecker emergency tow permits; qualifications for issuance"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 2 of Chapter 6 of Title 32 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to dimensions and weight of vehicles and loads, so as to provide for qualifications for the issuance of annual commercial wrecker emergency tow permits; 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: "SB 218"
citation: "Georgia SB 218 (2013_14)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brandon Beach", "Butch Miller", "Jason Carter", "Jeff Mullis", "Steve Gooch", "Tommie Williams", "William Jackson"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 15
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2013-02-26"
last_action: "2013-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2253e0cb-8d00-4fc0-bb1b-debff09c3dc7"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "9342192b318ca3d90d123a47d68b5b956a37f4b7d0fee1553b8938db1e9b3d14"
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 SB 218 (2013_14) — Highways, Bridges and Ferries; annual commercial wrecker emergency tow permits; qualifications for issuance
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 2 of Chapter 6 of Title 32 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to dimensions and weight of vehicles and loads, so as to provide for qualifications for the issuance of annual commercial wrecker emergency tow permits; 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. **As introduced LC 39 0429** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/132387.pdf)
2. **As passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/133108.pdf)
3. **SB 218/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/136934.pdf)
## Votes
- PASSAGE — **500** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Brandon Beach — primary (person)
- Butch Miller — primary (person)
- Jason Carter — primary (person)
- Jeff Mullis — primary (person)
- Steve Gooch — primary (person)
- Tommie Williams — primary (person)
- William Jackson — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2013-02-26** Senate Hopper
- **2013-02-27** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2013-02-28** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-03-01** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2013-03-04** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2013-03-04** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2013-03-05** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2013-03-07** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2013-03-12** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-03-26** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2013-03-26** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2013-04-02** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2013-05-06** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2013-05-06** Act 227 `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/2253e0cb-8d00-4fc0-bb1b-debff09c3dc7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).