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---
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type: "Bill"
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title: "Courts; additional penalty for violation of traffic laws or ordinances under Joshua's Law; extend sunset"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 15-21-179 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to additional penalty for violation of traffic laws or ordinances, so as to extend the sunset of the additional penalty for violation of traffic laws or ordinances under \"Joshua's Law\"; 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: "2019_20"
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identifier: "HB 226"
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citation: "Georgia HB 226 (2019_20)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Bert Reeves", "Dominic LaRiccia", "Jodi Lott", "Terry Rogers", "Tom McCall"]
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version_count: 2
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action_count: 15
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2019-02-08"
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last_action: "2019-07-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3b27d941-851f-405f-a412-b22324874b52"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "e8bb11167124269c06183d2dcb8f3902160e9a39b7cce26427ca809a84f26556"
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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 226 (2019_20) — Courts; additional penalty for violation of traffic laws or ordinances under Joshua's Law; extend sunset
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 15-21-179 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to additional penalty for violation of traffic laws or ordinances, so as to extend the sunset of the additional penalty for violation of traffic laws or ordinances under "Joshua's Law"; 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. **HB 226/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/185611.pdf)
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2. **LC 41 1766-EC/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/180938.pdf)
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## Votes
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- PASSAGE — **162–8** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Bert Reeves — primary (person)
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- Dominic LaRiccia — primary (person)
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- Jodi Lott — primary (person)
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- Terry Rogers — primary (person)
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- Tom McCall — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2019-02-08** House Hopper
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- **2019-02-11** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2019-02-12** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2019-02-19** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2019-02-25** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2019-02-25** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2019-02-26** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2019-03-14** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2019-03-18** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2019-03-21** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2019-03-21** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2019-04-04** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2019-05-09** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2019-05-09** Act 312 `executive-signature`
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- **2019-07-01** 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/3b27d941-851f-405f-a412-b22324874b52`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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