republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2021-22/hb-165.md

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Bill	Motor vehicles; use of mounts on windshields for the support of wireless telecommunications devices and stand-alone electronic devices under certain circumstances; allow	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 4 of Article 1 of Chapter 8 of Title 40 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to horns, exhaust systems, mirrors, windshields, tires, safety belts, and energy absorption systems of motor vehicles, so as to allow for the use of mounts on windshields of motor vehicles for the support of wireless telecommunications devices and stand-alone electronic devices under certain circumstances; to provide for an exception; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2021_22	HB 165	Georgia HB 165 (2021_22)	bill		enacted	Bill Hitchens Eddie Lumsden Heath Clark Robert Pruitt Steven Meeks Timothy Barr	2	17	1	2021-01-28	2021-07-01	openstates	ocd-bill/2fb2d477-63f6-483a-a44c-b6b07f2bf049	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	a2d2e52de6e6bb6b9e68ce47f6b492b35c76f6074cb2b4180643c1e14bf5ac85	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia HB 165 (2021_22) — Motor vehicles; use of mounts on windshields for the support of wireless telecommunications devices and stand-alone electronic devices under certain circumstances; allow

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 4 of Article 1 of Chapter 8 of Title 40 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to horns, exhaust systems, mirrors, windshields, tires, safety belts, and energy absorption systems of motor vehicles, so as to allow for the use of mounts on windshields of motor vehicles for the support of wireless telecommunications devices and stand-alone electronic devices under certain circumstances; to provide for an exception; to provide for related matters; 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 165/AP* (committee substitute) — source
2. LC 39 2775/a (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• PASSAGE — 166–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Bill Hitchens — primary (person)
• Eddie Lumsden — primary (person)
• Heath Clark — primary (person)
• Robert Pruitt — primary (person)
• Steven Meeks — primary (person)
• Timothy Barr — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-01-28 House Hopper
• 2021-01-29 House First Readers reading-1
• 2021-02-01 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2021-02-16 House Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-02-18 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2021-02-18 House Passed/Adopted passage
• 2021-02-22 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2021-03-22 Senate Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-03-22 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2021-03-29 Senate Tabled
• 2021-03-29 Senate Taken from Table
• 2021-03-29 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2021-03-29 Senate Passed/Adopted passage
• 2021-04-06 House Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2021-05-04 House Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2021-05-04 Act 179 executive-signature
• 2021-07-01 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/2fb2d477-63f6-483a-a44c-b6b07f2bf049. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).