Files
republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2019-20/hb-861.md
T
2026-07-06 17:26:56 -04:00

79 lines
3.5 KiB
Markdown
Raw Blame History

This file contains ambiguous Unicode characters
This file contains Unicode characters that might be confused with other characters. If you think that this is intentional, you can safely ignore this warning. Use the Escape button to reveal them.
---
type: "Bill"
title: "Motor vehicles; commercial carriers; amend certain definitions"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 1 of Title 40 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to identification and regulation of motor vehicles, so as to amend certain definitions relating to commercial carriers; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2019_20"
identifier: "HB 861"
citation: "Georgia HB 861 (2019_20)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dale Washburn", "Houston Gaines", "Jan Jones", "Marcus Wiedower", "Matt Barton", "Micah Gravley"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 16
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2020-01-30"
last_action: "2020-06-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8e2356a5-da8d-4af0-b3d4-54cc93a9e924"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "abe9fc4ddeddfc6a29c198e4bfc650bab38d89ec80b68c07fcd4227c32446aee"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ga"]
---
# Georgia HB 861 (2019_20) — Motor vehicles; commercial carriers; amend certain definitions
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 1 of Title 40 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to identification and regulation of motor vehicles, so as to amend certain definitions relating to commercial carriers; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **HB 861/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/194396.pdf)
2. **LC 34 5608/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/188929.pdf)
## Votes
- PASSAGE — **163–2** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Dale Washburn — primary (person)
- Houston Gaines — primary (person)
- Jan Jones — primary (person)
- Marcus Wiedower — primary (person)
- Matt Barton — primary (person)
- Micah Gravley — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2020-01-30** House Hopper
- **2020-01-31** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2020-02-03** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2020-02-21** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-27** House Withdrawn, Recommitted `withdrawal, referral-committee`
- **2020-03-02** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2020-03-02** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2020-03-03** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2020-06-18** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-06-19** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2020-06-20** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2020-06-20** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2020-06-25** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2020-06-29** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2020-06-29** Act 374 `executive-signature`
- **2020-06-29** Effective Date
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8e2356a5-da8d-4af0-b3d4-54cc93a9e924`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).