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type: "Bill"
title: "Drivers' licenses; demarcation of a valid driver's license, permit, or identification card; provide"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 5 and Chapter 16 of Title 40 of the O.C.G.A., relating to drivers' licenses and the Department of Driver Services, respectively, so as to provide for demarcation of a valid driver's license, permit, or identification card by the Department of Driver Services and return of such license, permit, or card to a person applying for a new license or card; to provide for related matters; to provide for effective dates; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2017_18"
identifier: "HB 136"
citation: "Georgia HB 136 (2017_18)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Amy Carter", "Betty Price", "Bill Hitchens", "Eddie Lumsden", "Kevin Tanner"]
version_count: 0
action_count: 18
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2017-01-25"
last_action: "2017-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6d574f5f-4325-451e-80e3-1543a3eccb39"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "dec61f3ce9ef434fdc808daffd59f60bb8ed33cad32e4e4f4305f781d6dd3311"
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 136 (2017_18) — Drivers' licenses; demarcation of a valid driver's license, permit, or identification card; provide
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 5 and Chapter 16 of Title 40 of the O.C.G.A., relating to drivers' licenses and the Department of Driver Services, respectively, so as to provide for demarcation of a valid driver's license, permit, or identification card by the Department of Driver Services and return of such license, permit, or card to a person applying for a new license or card; to provide for related matters; to provide for effective dates; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
## Votes
- PASSAGE — **1595** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Amy Carter — primary (person)
- Betty Price — primary (person)
- Bill Hitchens — primary (person)
- Eddie Lumsden — primary (person)
- Kevin Tanner — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2017-01-25** House Hopper
- **2017-01-26** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2017-01-30** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2017-02-08** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-02-15** House Withdrawn, Recommitted `withdrawal, referral-committee`
- **2017-02-21** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-02-24** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2017-02-24** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2017-02-27** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-10** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-13** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2017-03-28** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2017-03-28** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2017-03-30** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
- **2017-04-05** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-05-01** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2017-05-01** Act 55 `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/6d574f5f-4325-451e-80e3-1543a3eccb39`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).