republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2021-22/hb-43.md

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Bill	Motor vehicles; require registration application forms to include optional information regarding certain conditions which may interfere with a registrant's ability to communicate	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 40-2-26 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to form and contents of application for registration, heavy vehicle tax, and satisfactory proof of insurance, so as to require motor vehicle registration application forms to include optional information regarding certain conditions which may interfere with a registrant's ability to communicate; to provide for the sharing of such information with law enforcement upon a vehicle tag inquiry; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2021_22	HB 43	Georgia HB 43 (2021_22)	bill		enacted	Bill Werkheiser Charles Martin Jan Jones Martin Momtahan Randy Nix Wes Cantrell	6	19	1	2020-12-15	2021-07-01	openstates	ocd-bill/9d4d14bc-100d-4603-8927-b47768b1bb06	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	3d33dfe5e0966e9fde1af2a33cc5200f4cadde3b7be09301d86adaa7992eff15	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia HB 43 (2021_22) — Motor vehicles; require registration application forms to include optional information regarding certain conditions which may interfere with a registrant's ability to communicate

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 40-2-26 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to form and contents of application for registration, heavy vehicle tax, and satisfactory proof of insurance, so as to require motor vehicle registration application forms to include optional information regarding certain conditions which may interfere with a registrant's ability to communicate; to provide for the sharing of such information with law enforcement upon a vehicle tag inquiry; 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 43/AP* (committee substitute) — source
2. LC 39 2737/pf (committee substitute) — source
3. LC 39 2803S/hcs (committee substitute) — source
4. LC 39 2803S/hs (committee substitute) — source
5. LC39 2737/a (committee substitute) — source
6. Sen ctee sub LC 39 3010S (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• PASSAGE — 169–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Bill Werkheiser — primary (person)
• Charles Martin — primary (person)
• Jan Jones — primary (person)
• Martin Momtahan — primary (person)
• Randy Nix — primary (person)
• Wes Cantrell — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2020-12-15 House Prefiled introduction
• 2021-01-11 House Hopper
• 2021-01-12 House First Readers reading-1
• 2021-01-13 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2021-02-02 House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-02-25 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2021-02-25 House Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2021-02-26 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2021-03-17 Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-03-18 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 By Substitute passage
• 2021-03-31 House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
• 2021-04-07 House Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2021-05-03 House Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2021-05-03 Act 150 executive-signature
• 2021-07-01 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/9d4d14bc-100d-4603-8927-b47768b1bb06. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).