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type: "Bill"
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title: "Motorcycle Mobility Safety Act; enact"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 6 of Title 40 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the uniform rules of the road, so as to provide for the safe operation of a lightweight motorcycle or motor vehicle through an inoperative traffic-control signal; to repeal certain provisions relating to handlebars; to provide for a short title; 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 166"
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citation: "Georgia HB 166 (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", "Ben Harbin", "Earnest Smith", "John Yates", "Margaret Kaiser"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 17
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2015-01-29"
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last_action: "2016-07-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/53bf5975-0e71-4728-abd7-f5cf9ac67035"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "30032863eaf9eb6589adfd1133c0fd729cea61f8340467cbf6d9e1fbc1190f37"
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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 166 (2015_16) — Motorcycle Mobility Safety Act; enact
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 6 of Title 40 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the uniform rules of the road, so as to provide for the safe operation of a lightweight motorcycle or motor vehicle through an inoperative traffic-control signal; to repeal certain provisions relating to handlebars; to provide for a short title; 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 166/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/162446.pdf)
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2. **LC 41 0354/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/146334.pdf)
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3. **LC 41 0669S/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/158641.pdf)
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4. **LC 41 0699S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/157033.pdf)
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## Votes
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- PASSAGE — **166–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Alan Powell — primary (person)
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- Ben Harbin — primary (person)
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- Earnest Smith — primary (person)
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- John Yates — primary (person)
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- Margaret Kaiser — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2015-01-29** House Hopper
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- **2015-02-02** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2015-02-03** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2016-02-10** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2016-02-24** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2016-02-24** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2016-02-25** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2016-03-10** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2016-03-11** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2016-03-22** Senate Tabled
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- **2016-03-24** Senate Taken from Table
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- **2016-03-24** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2016-03-24** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2016-03-30** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2016-04-26** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2016-04-26** Act 334 `executive-signature`
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- **2016-07-01** 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/53bf5975-0e71-4728-abd7-f5cf9ac67035`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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