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type: "Bill"
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title: "Motor vehicles; use of safety chain or cable when operating a motor vehicle drawing a trailer; provide"
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description: "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."
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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 123"
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citation: "Georgia HB 123 (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: ["John Yates"]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 17
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2015-01-27"
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last_action: "2015-07-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d28e4fa4-cf18-4932-8a9b-634254fa5a0e"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "7baf43d36fe0d64230a1f5ed35c46ce7c9a54f526db1d240cd8a35a16584b396"
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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 123 (2015_16) — Motor vehicles; use of safety chain or cable when operating a motor vehicle drawing a trailer; provide
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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.
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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 123/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/153467.pdf)
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2. **LC 39 0857/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/146112.pdf)
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3. **LC 39 0939S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/148701.pdf)
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4. **LC 41 0474S/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/150795.pdf)
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5. **LC 41 0474S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/149977.pdf)
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## Votes
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- PASSAGE — **167–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- John Yates — 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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- **2015-02-20** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2015-02-26** House Withdrawn, Recommitted `referral-committee, withdrawal`
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- **2015-03-04** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2015-03-11** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2015-03-11** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2015-03-13** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2015-03-19** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2015-03-20** 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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- **2015-05-05** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2015-05-05** Act 80 `executive-signature`
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- **2015-07-01** 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/d28e4fa4-cf18-4932-8a9b-634254fa5a0e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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