republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2015-16/hb-170.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Transportation Funding Act of 2015; enact"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend various provisions of the O.C.G.A., so as to provide for additional revenue necessary for funding transportation purposes in this state; to amend Title 40 of the O.C.G.A., relating to motor vehicles and traffic; to amend Chapter 12 of Title 45 of the O.C.G.A., relating to the Governor, so as to limit the Governor's power to suspend the collection of certain motor fuel taxes and require ratification by the General Assembly; to amend Title 48 of the O.C.G.A., relating to revenue and taxation; to amend Part 3 of Article 2 of Chapter 10 of Title 32 of the O.C.G.A., the \"Georgia Transportation Infrastructure Bank Act,\" so as to provide new criteria for determination of eligible projects by the Transportation Infrastructure Bank; to provide for a short title; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2015_16"
identifier: "HB 170"
citation: "Georgia HB 170 (2015_16)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jay Roberts", "Jon Burns", "Mark Hamilton", "Matt Hatchett", "Sam Watson", "Terry England"]
version_count: 23
action_count: 27
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2015-01-29"
last_action: "2015-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/87855dad-4093-4902-a2ba-40ae299034df"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "5cdd0f806293efc7010b6600f498cb3ed9a43bb2ae82a54d91fee50364503466"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ga"]
---

# Georgia HB 170 (2015_16) — Transportation Funding Act of 2015; enact

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend various provisions of the O.C.G.A., so as to provide for additional revenue necessary for funding transportation purposes in this state; to amend Title 40 of the O.C.G.A., relating to motor vehicles and traffic; to amend Chapter 12 of Title 45 of the O.C.G.A., relating to the Governor, so as to limit the Governor's power to suspend the collection of certain motor fuel taxes and require ratification by the General Assembly; to amend Title 48 of the O.C.G.A., relating to revenue and taxation; to amend Part 3 of Article 2 of Chapter 10 of Title 32 of the O.C.G.A., the "Georgia Transportation Infrastructure Bank Act," so as to provide new criteria for determination of eligible projects by the Transportation Infrastructure Bank; to provide for a short title; 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. **As passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/151889.pdf)
2. **Floor Amendment AM 34 0688** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/150391.pdf)
3. **Floor Amendment AM 34 0689** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/150386.pdf)
4. **HB 170/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/153458.pdf)
5. **LC 34 4437/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/146354.pdf)
6. **LC 34 4522S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/148467.pdf)
7. **LC 34 4586S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/149722.pdf)
8. **LC 34 4595S rules committee sub** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/150008.pdf)
9. **LC 34 4595S/rcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/150435.pdf)
10. **LC 34 4702S/CCR** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/153333.pdf)
11. **SCSFA TO HB 170** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/151888.pdf)
12. **Sen ctee sub LC 34 4633S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/151386.pdf)
13. **Sen floor am 1 AM 34 0703** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/151806.pdf)
14. **Sen floor am 2 AM 34 0707** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/151805.pdf)
15. **Sen floor am 2a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/151853.pdf)
16. **Sen floor am 2a-1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/151854.pdf)
17. **Sen floor am 3 AM 39 0117** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/151808.pdf)
18. **Sen floor am 4 AM 34 0709** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/151829.pdf)
19. **Sen floor am 5** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/151855.pdf)
20. **Sen floor am 6 AM 34 0702** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/151831.pdf)
21. **Sen floor am 7 AM 39 0118** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/151833.pdf)
22. **Sen floor am 8** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/151872.pdf)
23. **Sen floor am 9** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/151874.pdf)

## Votes

- O'Neal AM# 34 0688 — **77–94** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Jay Roberts — primary (person)
- Jon Burns — primary (person)
- Mark Hamilton — primary (person)
- Matt Hatchett — primary (person)
- Sam Watson — primary (person)
- Terry England — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2015-01-29** House Hopper
- **2015-02-02** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2015-02-03** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2015-02-19** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2015-02-24** House Withdrawn, Recommitted `referral-committee, withdrawal`
- **2015-03-02** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2015-03-05** House Withdrawn, Recommitted `referral-committee, withdrawal`
- **2015-03-05** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2015-03-05** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2015-03-05** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2015-03-09** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2015-03-18** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2015-03-19** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2015-03-20** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2015-03-20** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2015-03-24** House Disagreed Senate Amend or Sub
- **2015-03-24** House Immediately Transmitted to Senate
- **2015-03-24** Senate Insisted
- **2015-03-25** House Insisted
- **2015-03-25** House Conference Committee Appointed 155th, 24th, 135th
- **2015-03-25** Senate Conference Committee Appointed 51st, 19th, 48th
- **2015-03-31** House Conference Committee Report Adopted
- **2015-03-31** Senate Conference Committee Report Adopted
- **2015-04-06** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2015-05-04** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2015-05-04** Act 46 `executive-signature`
- **2015-07-01** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/87855dad-4093-4902-a2ba-40ae299034df`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).