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type: "Bill"
title: "Drivers' licenses; require driver who refused blood alcohol concentration testing to install and maintain ignition interlock devices on vehicle; provisions"
description: "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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2015_16"
identifier: "HB 205"
citation: "Georgia HB 205 (2015_16)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jesse Petrea", "Tom Rice"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 22
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2015-02-03"
last_action: "2017-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/af4500b5-09ae-4243-a46a-56c2a4dd5ffb"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "07e64e3d0e4e1e4a33b7d444eac65c7b8931c6f1492738469dbda97927973886"
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 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](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/162407.pdf)
2. **LC 29 6952S/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/158848.pdf)
3. **LC 29 6952S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/157846.pdf)
4. **LC 39 0888/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/146759.pdf)
5. **LC 39 1422S/CCR** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/162016.pdf)
6. **Sen ctee sub LC 29 7122S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/160746.pdf)
## 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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/af4500b5-09ae-4243-a46a-56c2a4dd5ffb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).