republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2015-16/hb-205.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	Drivers' licenses; require driver who refused blood alcohol concentration testing to install and maintain ignition interlock devices on vehicle; provisions	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 5 of Title 40 of the O.C.G.A., relating to drivers' licenses, so as to require a driver who refused blood alcohol concentration testing as required by implied consent laws or an offender convicted of DUI with a blood alcohol concentration of 0.15 grams or higher to install and maintain ignition interlock devices on his or her vehicle; to amend Chapter 6 of Title 40 of the O.C.G.A., relating to uniform rules of the road, so as to provide for the probation of terms of imprisonment for DUI offenders in certain instances; to amend Article 7 of Chapter 8 of Title 42 of the O.C.G.A., relating to ignition interlock devices as condition of probation, so as to provide for the court issuance of a certificate of installation of ignition interlock devices; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2015_16	HB 205	Georgia HB 205 (2015_16)	bill		enacted	Jesse Petrea Tom Rice	6	22	1	2015-02-03	2017-07-01	openstates	ocd-bill/af4500b5-09ae-4243-a46a-56c2a4dd5ffb	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	07e64e3d0e4e1e4a33b7d444eac65c7b8931c6f1492738469dbda97927973886	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia HB 205 (2015_16) — Drivers' licenses; require driver who refused blood alcohol concentration testing to install and maintain ignition interlock devices on vehicle; provisions

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 5 of Title 40 of the O.C.G.A., relating to drivers' licenses, so as to require a driver who refused blood alcohol concentration testing as required by implied consent laws or an offender convicted of DUI with a blood alcohol concentration of 0.15 grams or higher to install and maintain ignition interlock devices on his or her vehicle; to amend Chapter 6 of Title 40 of the O.C.G.A., relating to uniform rules of the road, so as to provide for the probation of terms of imprisonment for DUI offenders in certain instances; to amend Article 7 of Chapter 8 of Title 42 of the O.C.G.A., relating to ignition interlock devices as condition of probation, so as to provide for the court issuance of a certificate of installation of ignition interlock devices; 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 205/AP* (committee substitute) — source
2. LC 29 6952S/hcs (committee substitute) — source
3. LC 29 6952S/hs (committee substitute) — source
4. LC 39 0888/a (committee substitute) — source
5. LC 39 1422S/CCR (committee substitute) — source
6. Sen ctee sub LC 29 7122S (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• PASSAGE — 169–4 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Jesse Petrea — primary (person)
• Tom Rice — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2015-02-03 House Hopper
• 2015-02-04 House First Readers reading-1
• 2015-02-09 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2016-02-18 House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2016-02-25 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2016-02-25 House Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2016-02-26 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2016-03-16 Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2016-03-16 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2016-03-22 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2016-03-22 Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2016-03-24 House Disagreed Senate Amend or Sub
• 2016-03-24 Senate Insisted
• 2016-03-24 House Insisted
• 2016-03-24 House Conference Committee Appointed 95th, 40th, 68th
• 2016-03-24 Senate Conference Committee Appointed 23rd, 18th, 54th
• 2016-03-24 House Conference Committee Report Adopted
• 2016-03-25 Senate Conference Committee Report Adopted
• 2016-04-04 House Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2016-04-26 House Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2016-04-26 Act 408 executive-signature
• 2017-07-01 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/af4500b5-09ae-4243-a46a-56c2a4dd5ffb. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).