republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2015-16/hb-123.md

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type	title	description	jurisdiction	legislature	session	identifier	citation	classification	subjects	status	primary_sponsors	version_count	action_count	vote_count	first_action	last_action	source	source_identifier	source_url	source_hash	vintage	source_snapshot	retrieved_at	confidence	tags
Bill	Motor vehicles; use of safety chain or cable when operating a motor vehicle drawing a trailer; provide	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 8 of Title 40 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions relative to equipment and inspection of motor vehicles, so as to provide for the use of a safety chain or cable when operating a motor vehicle drawing a trailer; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2015_16	HB 123	Georgia HB 123 (2015_16)	bill		enacted	John Yates	5	17	1	2015-01-27	2015-07-01	openstates	ocd-bill/d28e4fa4-cf18-4932-8a9b-634254fa5a0e	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	7baf43d36fe0d64230a1f5ed35c46ce7c9a54f526db1d240cd8a35a16584b396	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia HB 123 (2015_16) — Motor vehicles; use of safety chain or cable when operating a motor vehicle drawing a trailer; provide

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 8 of Title 40 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions relative to equipment and inspection of motor vehicles, so as to provide for the use of a safety chain or cable when operating a motor vehicle drawing a trailer; 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. HB 123/AP* (committee substitute) — source
2. LC 39 0857/a (committee substitute) — source
3. LC 39 0939S/hs (committee substitute) — source
4. LC 41 0474S/hcs (committee substitute) — source
5. LC 41 0474S/hs (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• PASSAGE — 167–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• John Yates — 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
• 2015-02-20 House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2015-02-26 House Withdrawn, Recommitted referral-committee, withdrawal
• 2015-03-04 House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2015-03-11 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2015-03-11 House Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2015-03-13 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2015-03-19 Senate Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2015-03-20 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
• 2015-05-05 House Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2015-05-05 Act 80 executive-signature
• 2015-07-01 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/d28e4fa4-cf18-4932-8a9b-634254fa5a0e. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).