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75 lines
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type: "Bill"
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title: "Motor vehicles; Georgia State Patrol motor vehicles for traffic law enforcement may be a solid color; provide"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 40-8-91 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to marking and equipment of law enforcement vehicles and motorist allowed to continue to safe location before stopping for law enforcement officer vehicles, so as to provide that a motor vehicle used by any employee of the Georgia State Patrol for the enforcement of traffic laws may be a solid color; 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: "2017_18"
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identifier: "HB 809"
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citation: "Georgia HB 809 (2017_18)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Bill Hitchens", "Eddie Lumsden", "James Epps", "Kevin Tanner", "Rick Williams"]
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version_count: 0
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action_count: 15
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2018-02-01"
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last_action: "2018-07-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6e65e343-d02a-472f-87b5-810c115aca40"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "ef80e40fb4af424eb787e68b76c954542e06e613548a439f29a143db911e6a0f"
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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 809 (2017_18) — Motor vehicles; Georgia State Patrol motor vehicles for traffic law enforcement may be a solid color; provide
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 40-8-91 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to marking and equipment of law enforcement vehicles and motorist allowed to continue to safe location before stopping for law enforcement officer vehicles, so as to provide that a motor vehicle used by any employee of the Georgia State Patrol for the enforcement of traffic laws may be a solid color; 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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## Votes
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- PASSAGE — **163–3** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Bill Hitchens — primary (person)
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- Eddie Lumsden — primary (person)
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- James Epps — primary (person)
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- Kevin Tanner — primary (person)
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- Rick Williams — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2018-02-01** House Hopper
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- **2018-02-05** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2018-02-06** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2018-02-20** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2018-02-23** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2018-02-23** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2018-02-26** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2018-03-09** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2018-03-12** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2018-03-27** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2018-03-27** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2018-04-03** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2018-05-03** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2018-05-03** Act 344 `executive-signature`
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- **2018-07-01** 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/6e65e343-d02a-472f-87b5-810c115aca40`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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