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Bill Traffic offenses; enhanced penalties for violations of fleeing or attempting to elude a police officer; provide A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 15 of Chapter 6 of Title 40 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to serious traffic offenses, so as to provide for enhanced penalties for violations of fleeing or attempting to elude a police officer; to provide for enhanced penalties for fleeing or eluding a police officer during the commission of certain crimes or under certain circumstances; to prohibit the use of a blue light to impersonate a law enforcement officer; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date and applicability; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. us/states/ga Georgia General Assembly 2021_22 HB 1216 Georgia HB 1216 (2021_22)
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Bill Hitchens
Eddie Lumsden
J Collins
Jon Burns
Lauren McDonald
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Georgia HB 1216 (2021_22) — Traffic offenses; enhanced penalties for violations of fleeing or attempting to elude a police officer; provide

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 15 of Chapter 6 of Title 40 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to serious traffic offenses, so as to provide for enhanced penalties for violations of fleeing or attempting to elude a police officer; to provide for enhanced penalties for fleeing or eluding a police officer during the commission of certain crimes or under certain circumstances; to prohibit the use of a blue light to impersonate a law enforcement officer; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date and applicability; 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 1216/AP* (committee substitute) — source
  2. LC 39 3124-EC/a (committee substitute) — source
  3. LC 39 3269S/hcs (committee substitute) — source
  4. LC 39 3269S/hs (committee substitute) — source
  5. SCSFA to HB 1216 (committee substitute) — source
  6. Sen ctee sub LC 49 0990S (committee substitute) — source
  7. Sen floor amend 1 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • PASSAGE — 9562 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

  • Alan Powell — primary (person)
  • Bill Hitchens — primary (person)
  • Eddie Lumsden — primary (person)
  • J Collins — primary (person)
  • Jon Burns — primary (person)
  • Lauren McDonald — primary (person)

Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

  • 2022-02-03 House Hopper
  • 2022-02-07 House First Readers reading-1
  • 2022-02-08 House Second Readers reading-2
  • 2022-02-24 House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
  • 2022-03-03 House Third Readers reading-3
  • 2022-03-03 House Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
  • 2022-03-04 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
  • 2022-03-25 Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
  • 2022-03-28 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
  • 2022-04-01 Senate Tabled
  • 2022-04-01 Senate Taken from Table
  • 2022-04-01 Senate Third Read reading-3
  • 2022-04-01 Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
  • 2022-04-04 House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
  • 2022-04-07 House Sent to Governor executive-receipt
  • 2022-04-25 House Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
  • 2022-04-25 Act 646 executive-signature
  • 2022-07-01 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/4f245c35-3e5a-4521-ba59-5a66cdc1be6f. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).