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type: "Bill"
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title: "Motor vehicles; safe operation of motor carriers and commercial motor vehicles; update reference date to federal regulations"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 40-1-8 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to safe operation of motor carriers and commercial motor vehicles, so as to update the reference date to federal regulations regarding the safe operation of motor carriers and commercial motor vehicles; 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 747"
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citation: "Georgia HB 747 (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", "Bill Hitchens", "Chad Nimmer", "Robert Dickey", "Terry Rogers", "Tom Rice"]
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version_count: 2
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action_count: 15
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2016-01-13"
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last_action: "2016-07-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/12b2769d-1000-4602-8539-3b3a4e645618"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "10b5faa1be6bfcbc28f887175bf49039a44c64b24d227ba9527c7e36daa4a06a"
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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 747 (2015_16) — Motor vehicles; safe operation of motor carriers and commercial motor vehicles; update reference date to federal regulations
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 40-1-8 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to safe operation of motor carriers and commercial motor vehicles, so as to update the reference date to federal regulations regarding the safe operation of motor carriers and commercial motor vehicles; 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 747/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/160483.pdf)
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2. **LC 39 1119/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/154461.pdf)
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## Votes
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- PASSAGE — **161–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Alan Powell — primary (person)
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- Bill Hitchens — primary (person)
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- Chad Nimmer — primary (person)
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- Robert Dickey — primary (person)
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- Terry Rogers — primary (person)
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- Tom Rice — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2016-01-13** House Hopper
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- **2016-01-14** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2016-01-15** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2016-02-02** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2016-02-04** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2016-02-04** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2016-02-08** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2016-02-23** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2016-02-24** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2016-03-14** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2016-03-14** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2016-03-28** 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 437 `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/12b2769d-1000-4602-8539-3b3a4e645618`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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