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type: "Bill"
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title: "Motor vehicles; clarify what constitutes an obstruction for purposes of exceptions to when a vehicle is to drive on the right side of roadway"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 3 of Chapter 6 of Title 40 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to driving on right side of roadway, overtaking and passing, and following too closely, so as to clarify what constitutes an obstruction for purposes of exceptions to when a vehicle is to drive on the right side of the roadway; to provide for proper operation of a motor vehicle when overtaking a bicyclist; 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: "2021_22"
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identifier: "HB 353"
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citation: "Georgia HB 353 (2021_22)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Angelika Kausche", "Charles Martin", "Marcus Wiedower", "Scott Holcomb", "Teri Anulewicz", "Todd Jones"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 15
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2021-02-08"
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last_action: "2021-07-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8618e3f3-82a0-4952-a56c-e2060b00cab7"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "d726af5656bd71596f5bb9f5da1727bc597731659e1c6bcc6115a2215c48c8f9"
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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 353 (2021_22) — Motor vehicles; clarify what constitutes an obstruction for purposes of exceptions to when a vehicle is to drive on the right side of roadway
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 3 of Chapter 6 of Title 40 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to driving on right side of roadway, overtaking and passing, and following too closely, so as to clarify what constitutes an obstruction for purposes of exceptions to when a vehicle is to drive on the right side of the roadway; to provide for proper operation of a motor vehicle when overtaking a bicyclist; 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 353/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/201690.pdf)
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2. **LC 39 2837/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/197004.pdf)
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3. **LC 39 2902S/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/198068.pdf)
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4. **LC 39 2902S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/197663.pdf)
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## Votes
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- PASSAGE — **164–2** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Angelika Kausche — primary (person)
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- Charles Martin — primary (person)
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- Marcus Wiedower — primary (person)
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- Scott Holcomb — primary (person)
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- Teri Anulewicz — primary (person)
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- Todd Jones — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2021-02-08** House Hopper
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- **2021-02-09** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2021-02-10** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2021-02-16** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-02-18** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2021-02-18** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2021-02-22** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2021-03-22** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-03-22** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2021-03-25** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2021-03-25** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2021-04-05** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2021-05-04** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2021-05-04** Act 221 `executive-signature`
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- **2021-07-01** 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/8618e3f3-82a0-4952-a56c-e2060b00cab7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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