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| Bill | Drivers' licenses; issuance of commercial licenses and instruction permits to comply with federal law; amend certain provisions | A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 5 of Title 40 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to drivers' licenses, so as to amend certain provisions relative to the issuance of commercial drivers' licenses and commercial drivers' instruction permits so as to comply with federal law; to amend Chapter 6 of Title 40 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to uniform rules of the road, so as to prohibit certain activities with wireless telecommunications devices by drivers of commercial motor vehicles; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. | us/states/ga | Georgia General Assembly | 2015_16 | HB 118 | Georgia HB 118 (2015_16) |
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Georgia HB 118 (2015_16) — Drivers' licenses; issuance of commercial licenses and instruction permits to comply with federal law; amend certain provisions
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 5 of Title 40 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to drivers' licenses, so as to amend certain provisions relative to the issuance of commercial drivers' licenses and commercial drivers' instruction permits so as to comply with federal law; to amend Chapter 6 of Title 40 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to uniform rules of the road, so as to prohibit certain activities with wireless telecommunications devices by drivers of commercial motor vehicles; 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.
- HB 118/AP* (committee substitute) — source
- LC 39 0867/a (committee substitute) — source
- Sen fl amend 1 AM 41 0103 (committee substitute) — source
- Sen floor am 1a (committee substitute) — source
- Sen floor am 2 (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- PASSAGE — 147–11 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
- Alan Powell — primary (person)
- Bill Hitchens — primary (person)
- Eddie Lumsden — primary (person)
- Kevin Tanner — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2015-01-27 House Hopper
- 2015-01-28 House First Readers
reading-1 - 2015-01-29 House Second Readers
reading-2 - 2015-02-24 House Committee Favorably Reported
committee-passage-favorable - 2015-02-26 House Postponed
- 2015-03-02 House Third Readers
reading-3 - 2015-03-02 House Passed/Adopted
passage - 2015-03-03 Senate Read and Referred
referral-committee - 2015-03-23 Senate Committee Favorably Reported
committee-passage-favorable - 2015-03-24 Senate Read Second Time
reading-2 - 2015-03-31 Senate Third Read
reading-3 - 2015-03-31 Senate Passed/Adopted
passage - 2015-04-07 House Sent to Governor
executive-receipt - 2015-05-12 House Date Signed by Governor
executive-signature - 2015-05-12 Act 240
executive-signature - 2015-05-12 Effective Date
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/097678e8-3697-4f00-8580-50f447519020. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).