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type: "Bill"
title: "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"
description: "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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2013_14"
identifier: "SB 298"
citation: "Georgia SB 298 (2013_14)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chuck Hufstetler", "Dean Burke", "Donzella James", "Jack Murphy", "Jeff Mullis", "John Wilkinson", "Mike Dugan", "Renee Unterman", "Valencia Seay", "William Jackson"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 16
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2014-01-17"
last_action: "2014-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3e73c683-98cb-4304-bf37-45ef573c091a"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "19303339dc10a3761e0faaa20fee41163509b0b6343541cc5e086ee4646ea617"
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 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](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/137621.pdf)
2. **As passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/138452.pdf)
3. **Floor amend 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/138451.pdf)
4. **LC 39 0756S/hss** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/143266.pdf)
5. **SB 298/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/145056.pdf)
## Votes
- PASSAGE AS AMENDED — **560** (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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3e73c683-98cb-4304-bf37-45ef573c091a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).