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81 lines
3.8 KiB
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---
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type: "Bill"
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title: "Safety belts; definition of term passenger vehicle; modify"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 40-8-76.1 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to use of safety belts in passenger vehicles, so as to modify the definition of the term \"passenger vehicle\" to which the safety belt law applies; to provide for the imposition of fines; 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 325"
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citation: "Georgia HB 325 (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", "Alex Atwood", "Bill Hitchens", "Eddie Lumsden", "Joe Wilkinson", "Kevin Tanner"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 16
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2015-02-11"
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last_action: "2015-07-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7acff86f-fdc2-415b-b4f1-cb2ca66d849d"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "e03124a57610873ac26995402f57283b96d58d3728140a5f2d7e98f2ea8fe893"
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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 325 (2015_16) — Safety belts; definition of term passenger vehicle; modify
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 40-8-76.1 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to use of safety belts in passenger vehicles, so as to modify the definition of the term "passenger vehicle" to which the safety belt law applies; to provide for the imposition of fines; 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 325/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/152533.pdf)
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2. **LC 39 0895/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/147596.pdf)
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3. **LC 39 0965S/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/149634.pdf)
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4. **LC 39 0965S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/149091.pdf)
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## Votes
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- PASSAGE — **133–24** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Alan Powell — primary (person)
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- Alex Atwood — primary (person)
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- Bill Hitchens — primary (person)
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- Eddie Lumsden — primary (person)
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- Joe Wilkinson — primary (person)
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- Kevin Tanner — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2015-02-11** House Hopper
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- **2015-02-12** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2015-02-17** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2015-02-24** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2015-02-26** House Postponed
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- **2015-03-02** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2015-03-02** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2015-03-03** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2015-03-23** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2015-03-24** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2015-03-25** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2015-03-25** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2015-04-06** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2015-05-06** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2015-05-06** Act 146 `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/7acff86f-fdc2-415b-b4f1-cb2ca66d849d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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