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type: "Bill"
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title: "Licensing of Motor Vehicles; owner with valid license plate without the required revalidation decal to retain custody of vehicle under certain conditions; permit"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 2 of Title 40 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to registration and licensing of motor vehicles generally, so as to permit the owner or operator of a vehicle which has a valid number license plate without the required revalidation decal affixed to the plate to retain custody of the vehicle under certain conditions; 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: "SB 342"
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citation: "Georgia SB 342 (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: ["Ben Watson", "Bill Cowsert", "Brandon Beach", "Bruce Thompson", "Burt Jones", "Butch Miller", "Chuck Payne", "Curt Thompson", "Ed Harbison", "Fran Millar", "Frank Ginn", "Jennifer Jordan", "Jesse Stone", "John Albers", "Kay Kirkpatrick", "Lee Anderson", "Lindsey Tippins", "Marty Harbin", "Matt Brass", "Michael 'Doc' Rhett", "Michael Williams", "Mike Dugan", "Tonya Anderson", "Tyler Harper", "William Ligon, Jr."]
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version_count: 0
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action_count: 16
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2018-01-22"
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last_action: "2018-05-08"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6284118f-355f-49fc-b94a-0af41f87fac1"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "8d83d33e2f6be308de1bce4c065678764d338f123a5744a7b6f303f198423378"
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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 342 (2017_18) — Licensing of Motor Vehicles; owner with valid license plate without the required revalidation decal to retain custody of vehicle under certain conditions; permit
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 2 of Title 40 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to registration and licensing of motor vehicles generally, so as to permit the owner or operator of a vehicle which has a valid number license plate without the required revalidation decal affixed to the plate to retain custody of the vehicle under certain conditions; 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 — **56–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Ben Watson — primary (person)
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- Bill Cowsert — primary (person)
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- Brandon Beach — primary (person)
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- Bruce Thompson — primary (person)
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- Burt Jones — primary (person)
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- Butch Miller — primary (person)
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- Chuck Payne — primary (person)
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- Curt Thompson — primary (person)
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- Ed Harbison — primary (person)
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- Fran Millar — primary (person)
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- Frank Ginn — primary (person)
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- Jennifer Jordan — primary (person)
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- Jesse Stone — primary (person)
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- John Albers — primary (person)
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- Kay Kirkpatrick — primary (person)
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- Lee Anderson — primary (person)
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- Lindsey Tippins — primary (person)
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- Marty Harbin — primary (person)
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- Matt Brass — primary (person)
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- Michael 'Doc' Rhett — primary (person)
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- Michael Williams — primary (person)
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- Mike Dugan — primary (person)
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- Tonya Anderson — primary (person)
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- Tyler Harper — primary (person)
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- William Ligon, Jr. — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2018-01-22** Senate Hopper
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- **2018-01-23** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2018-02-08** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2018-02-12** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2018-02-13** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2018-02-13** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2018-02-14** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2018-02-15** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2018-03-14** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2018-03-19** House Postponed
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- **2018-03-21** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2018-03-21** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2018-03-29** Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
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- **2018-04-05** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2018-05-08** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2018-05-08** Veto V20 `executive-signature`
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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/6284118f-355f-49fc-b94a-0af41f87fac1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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