republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2013-14/sb-298.md

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Bill	License Plates; submission of a doctor's prescription; application for a special parking decal for persons with disabilities in lieu of an affidavit; notary public not available	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 40-2-74.1 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to special vehicle decals for persons with disabilities, so as to provide for the submission of a doctor's prescription with an application for a special parking decal for persons with disabilities in lieu of an affidavit when a notary public is not available; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2013_14	SB 298	Georgia SB 298 (2013_14)	bill		enacted	Chuck Hufstetler Dean Burke Donzella James Jack Murphy Jeff Mullis John Wilkinson Mike Dugan Renee Unterman Valencia Seay William Jackson	5	16	1	2014-01-17	2014-07-01	openstates	ocd-bill/3e73c683-98cb-4304-bf37-45ef573c091a	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	19303339dc10a3761e0faaa20fee41163509b0b6343541cc5e086ee4646ea617	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia SB 298 (2013_14) — License Plates; submission of a doctor's prescription; application for a special parking decal for persons with disabilities in lieu of an affidavit; notary public not available

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 40-2-74.1 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to special vehicle decals for persons with disabilities, so as to provide for the submission of a doctor's prescription with an application for a special parking decal for persons with disabilities in lieu of an affidavit when a notary public is not available; 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 0536 (committee substitute) — source
2. As passed Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. Floor amend 1 (committee substitute) — source
4. LC 39 0756S/hss (committee substitute) — source
5. SB 298/AP* (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• PASSAGE AS AMENDED — 56–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Chuck Hufstetler — primary (person)
• Dean Burke — primary (person)
• Donzella James — primary (person)
• Jack Murphy — primary (person)
• Jeff Mullis — primary (person)
• John Wilkinson — primary (person)
• Mike Dugan — primary (person)
• Renee Unterman — primary (person)
• Valencia Seay — primary (person)
• William Jackson — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2014-01-17 Senate Hopper
• 2014-01-21 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2014-01-24 Senate Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2014-01-27 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2014-01-28 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2014-01-28 Senate Passed/Adopted As Amended passage
• 2014-01-31 House First Readers reading-1
• 2014-02-03 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2014-03-12 House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2014-03-18 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2014-03-18 House Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2014-03-20 Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
• 2014-03-27 Senate Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2014-04-24 Senate Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2014-04-24 Act 624 executive-signature
• 2014-07-01 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/3e73c683-98cb-4304-bf37-45ef573c091a. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).