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type: "Bill"
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title: "Education; driver's license verification system for school bus drivers; provide"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 5 of Article 22 of Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to school buses, so as to provide for a driver's license verification system for school bus drivers; to require participation by local boards of education; to provide for data submission; to provide for rules and regulations; to provide for coordination among the Department of Public Safety, the Georgia Technology Authority, and the Department of Driver Services; to amend Code Section 50-18-72 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to when public disclosure not required, so as to provide that records maintained for such verification system shall not be subject to public disclosure; 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 459"
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citation: "Georgia HB 459 (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: ["Ginny Ehrhart", "Houston Gaines", "John Carson", "Katie Dempsey", "Sharon Cooper"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 16
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2019-02-25"
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last_action: "2019-07-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/62d72fde-0763-4b69-a343-81205d709158"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "d125f04aac1e3bffaf2523dc057a9ca00cb9f49f2ef76a0f417e35a5640de56e"
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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 459 (2019_20) — Education; driver's license verification system for school bus drivers; provide
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 5 of Article 22 of Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to school buses, so as to provide for a driver's license verification system for school bus drivers; to require participation by local boards of education; to provide for data submission; to provide for rules and regulations; to provide for coordination among the Department of Public Safety, the Georgia Technology Authority, and the Department of Driver Services; to amend Code Section 50-18-72 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to when public disclosure not required, so as to provide that records maintained for such verification system shall not be subject to public disclosure; 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 459/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/187644.pdf)
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2. **LC 41 1856/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/182622.pdf)
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3. **Sen ctee sub LC 41 1946S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/185037.pdf)
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## Votes
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- PASSAGE — **159–11** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Ginny Ehrhart — primary (person)
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- Houston Gaines — primary (person)
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- John Carson — primary (person)
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- Katie Dempsey — primary (person)
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- Sharon Cooper — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2019-02-25** House Hopper
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- **2019-02-26** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2019-02-27** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2019-03-04** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2019-03-07** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2019-03-07** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2019-03-08** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2019-03-21** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2019-03-22** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2019-03-26** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2019-03-26** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2019-04-02** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
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- **2019-04-11** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2019-04-28** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2019-04-28** Act 71 `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/62d72fde-0763-4b69-a343-81205d709158`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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