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type: "Bill"
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title: "Drivers' licenses; issuance of commercial licenses and instruction permits to comply with federal law; amend certain provisions"
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description: "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."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
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legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
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session: "2015_16"
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identifier: "HB 118"
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citation: "Georgia HB 118 (2015_16)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Alan Powell", "Bill Hitchens", "Eddie Lumsden", "Kevin Tanner"]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 16
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2015-01-27"
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last_action: "2015-05-12"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/097678e8-3697-4f00-8580-50f447519020"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "f5065af470fbdee43410ee378526a33b9824f980fd8fd446a4f91e3d3035a01b"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ga"]
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---
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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
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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.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **HB 118/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/153466.pdf)
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2. **LC 39 0867/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/145972.pdf)
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3. **Sen fl amend 1 AM 41 0103** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/153047.pdf)
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4. **Sen floor am 1a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/153060.pdf)
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5. **Sen floor am 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/153062.pdf)
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## Votes
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- PASSAGE — **147–11** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Alan Powell — primary (person)
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- Bill Hitchens — primary (person)
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- Eddie Lumsden — primary (person)
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- Kevin Tanner — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2015-01-27** House Hopper
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- **2015-01-28** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2015-01-29** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2015-02-24** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2015-02-26** House Postponed
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- **2015-03-02** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2015-03-02** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2015-03-03** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2015-03-23** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2015-03-24** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2015-03-31** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2015-03-31** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2015-04-07** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2015-05-12** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2015-05-12** Act 240 `executive-signature`
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- **2015-05-12** Effective Date
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/097678e8-3697-4f00-8580-50f447519020`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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