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76 lines
3.8 KiB
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---
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type: "Bill"
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title: "Rules of the Road; when driver of a vehicle need not stop upon meeting or passing a school bus; clarify"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 40-6-163 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to duty of driver of vehicle meeting or overtaking school bus, reporting of violations, and civil monetary penalty for violations captured by school bus camera, so as to clarify when the driver of a vehicle need not stop upon meeting or passing a school bus; 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: "SB 25"
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citation: "Georgia SB 25 (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: ["Bill Heath"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 16
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2019-01-16"
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last_action: "2019-02-15"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ad84138a-142b-4762-b88c-cfb9e484df3f"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "00358b9412b046709776944ccda4b212c25407a497643a49cc1643083f8b598a"
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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 25 (2019_20) — Rules of the Road; when driver of a vehicle need not stop upon meeting or passing a school bus; clarify
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 40-6-163 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to duty of driver of vehicle meeting or overtaking school bus, reporting of violations, and civil monetary penalty for violations captured by school bus camera, so as to clarify when the driver of a vehicle need not stop upon meeting or passing a school bus; 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. **As introduced LC 41 1683** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/179603.pdf)
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2. **As passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/180720.pdf)
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3. **Committee sub LC 41 1720S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/180214.pdf)
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4. **SB 25/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/181370.pdf)
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## Votes
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- PASSAGE BY SUBSTITUTE — **55–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Bill Heath — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2019-01-16** Senate Hopper
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- **2019-01-17** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2019-02-05** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2019-02-06** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2019-02-07** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2019-02-07** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2019-02-08** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2019-02-11** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2019-02-12** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2019-02-13** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2019-02-13** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2019-02-13** House Immediately Transmitted to Senate
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- **2019-02-14** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2019-02-15** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2019-02-15** Act 1 `executive-signature`
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- **2019-02-15** 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/ad84138a-142b-4762-b88c-cfb9e484df3f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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