Fabio
77 lines
3.6 KiB
Markdown
77 lines
3.6 KiB
Markdown
---
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type: "Bill"
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title: "Railroad Crossings; persons driving vehicles shall exercise due care and caution for other on-track equipment; require"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 7 of Chapter 6 of Title 40 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to negotiating railroad crossings and entering highways from private driveways, so as to require that persons driving vehicles shall exercise due care and caution for other on-track equipment, as for trains, at railroad grade crossings; to provide for a definition; 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: "SB 409"
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citation: "Georgia SB 409 (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", "Brandon Beach", "Burt Jones", "Jeff Mullis", "John Albers", "Steve Gooch", "Tyler Harper"]
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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: "2018-02-08"
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last_action: "2018-07-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/628003f7-41c3-42e0-8386-4844e0392b35"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "54bb1fdc502afc2bb32cf8a348c74e46692b567688416443a0b9213ad8b6662a"
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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 409 (2017_18) — Railroad Crossings; persons driving vehicles shall exercise due care and caution for other on-track equipment; require
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 7 of Chapter 6 of Title 40 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to negotiating railroad crossings and entering highways from private driveways, so as to require that persons driving vehicles shall exercise due care and caution for other on-track equipment, as for trains, at railroad grade crossings; to provide for a definition; 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 — **46–0** (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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- Burt Jones — primary (person)
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- Jeff Mullis — primary (person)
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- John Albers — primary (person)
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- Steve Gooch — primary (person)
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- Tyler Harper — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2018-02-08** Senate Hopper
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- **2018-02-12** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2018-02-15** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2018-02-20** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2018-02-26** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2018-02-26** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2018-02-28** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2018-03-01** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2018-03-14** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2018-03-21** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2018-03-21** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2018-04-05** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2018-05-03** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2018-05-03** Act 401 `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/628003f7-41c3-42e0-8386-4844e0392b35`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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