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type: "Bill"
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title: "Driver's License; revise exemptions afforded to nonresidents issued to them in in home state/country"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 2 of Chapter 5 of Title 40 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to issuance, expiration, and renewal of licenses, so as to revise the exemptions afforded to nonresidents who have in their immediate possession a valid driver's license issued to them in their home state or country; to provide for certain presumptions of validity of a driver's license issued by the driver's licensing authority of a foreign county; to provide for exceptions; 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: "SB 320"
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citation: "Georgia SB 320 (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: ["Ben Watson", "Brandon Beach", "Butch Miller", "Dean Burke", "Donzella James", "Frank Ginn", "John Albers", "John Kennedy", "Michael Williams", "Mike Dugan", "Tommie Williams", "Tyler Harper", "William Jackson"]
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version_count: 8
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action_count: 16
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2016-02-02"
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last_action: "2017-01-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a7e8a931-b37d-4563-9fa2-620c1f2cadc1"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "d7c2ebf0694f14ccf18cb3e7b55a5ab61c1ffeea6a038a048ee51cf6dad74fc9"
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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 SB 320 (2015_16) — Driver's License; revise exemptions afforded to nonresidents issued to them in in home state/country
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 2 of Chapter 5 of Title 40 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to issuance, expiration, and renewal of licenses, so as to revise the exemptions afforded to nonresidents who have in their immediate possession a valid driver's license issued to them in their home state or country; to provide for certain presumptions of validity of a driver's license issued by the driver's licensing authority of a foreign county; to provide for exceptions; 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. **As introduced LC 41 0642** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/156239.pdf)
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2. **As passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/157543.pdf)
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3. **Committee sub LC 41 0701S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/156859.pdf)
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4. **Floor Amendment AM 41 0200** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/161469.pdf)
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5. **Floor amend 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/157494.pdf)
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6. **LC 41 0822S/hss** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/160739.pdf)
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7. **SB 320/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/162355.pdf)
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8. **SB 320/HCSFA** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20152016/161528.pdf)
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## Votes
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- PASSAGE BY SUBSTITUTE — **51–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Ben Watson — primary (person)
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- Brandon Beach — primary (person)
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- Butch Miller — primary (person)
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- Dean Burke — primary (person)
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- Donzella James — primary (person)
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- Frank Ginn — primary (person)
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- John Albers — primary (person)
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- John Kennedy — primary (person)
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- Michael Williams — primary (person)
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- Mike Dugan — primary (person)
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- Tommie Williams — primary (person)
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- Tyler Harper — primary (person)
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- William Jackson — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2016-02-02** Senate Hopper
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- **2016-02-03** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2016-02-09** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2016-02-10** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2016-02-16** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2016-02-16** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2016-02-17** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2016-02-18** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2016-03-16** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2016-03-22** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2016-03-22** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2016-03-24** Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
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- **2016-03-31** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2016-05-03** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2016-05-03** Act 573 `executive-signature`
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- **2017-01-01** 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/a7e8a931-b37d-4563-9fa2-620c1f2cadc1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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