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type: "Bill"
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title: "Motor vehicles; operation of certain vehicles upon highways when used in connection with agricultural pursuits; provide"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 6 of Title 40 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions regarding uniform rules of the road, so as to provide for the operation of certain vehicles upon the highways when used in connection with agricultural pursuits; to provide for conditions; 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 579"
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citation: "Georgia HB 579 (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: ["Darlene Taylor", "Jay Roberts", "Kevin Cooke", "Robert Dickey", "Terry England", "Tom McCall"]
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version_count: 8
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action_count: 18
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2015-03-09"
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last_action: "2016-07-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d1dd6327-c999-46e7-a355-24f2899d9553"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "9f796e4b584cfe35b4e32a268986d9ce2955f2757f3d1e3087251b7c9b50663c"
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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 579 (2015_16) — Motor vehicles; operation of certain vehicles upon highways when used in connection with agricultural pursuits; provide
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 6 of Title 40 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions regarding uniform rules of the road, so as to provide for the operation of certain vehicles upon the highways when used in connection with agricultural pursuits; to provide for conditions; 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 579/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/161627.pdf)
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2. **LC 40 0898/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/150625.pdf)
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3. **LC 40 1041S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/155879.pdf)
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4. **LC 40 1119S/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/158047.pdf)
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5. **LC 40 1119S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/157800.pdf)
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6. **Senate Floor AM 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/160858.pdf)
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7. **Senate Floor AM 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/160887.pdf)
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8. **Senate Floor AM 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/160898.pdf)
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## Votes
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- PASSAGE — **163–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Darlene Taylor — primary (person)
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- Jay Roberts — primary (person)
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- Kevin Cooke — primary (person)
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- Robert Dickey — primary (person)
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- Terry England — primary (person)
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- Tom McCall — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2015-03-09** House Hopper
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- **2015-03-11** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2015-03-13** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2016-01-28** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2016-02-04** House Withdrawn, Recommitted `referral-committee, withdrawal`
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- **2016-02-17** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2016-02-19** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2016-02-19** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2016-02-22** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2016-03-08** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2016-03-10** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2016-03-16** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2016-03-16** Senate Passed/Adopted As Amended `passage`
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- **2016-03-22** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
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- **2016-03-29** 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 425 `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/d1dd6327-c999-46e7-a355-24f2899d9553`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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