republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2023-24/hb-1193.md

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Bill	Motor vehicles; require operation of flashing or revolving amber lights upon certain vehicles	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 40 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to motor vehicles and traffic, so as to require the operation of flashing or revolving amber lights upon certain vehicles; to provide for penalties; to provide for conforming changes; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2023_24	HB 1193	Georgia HB 1193 (2023_24)	bill		enacted	Bill Hitchens Eddie Lumsden J Collins Lauren McDonald Soo Hong	2	15	2	2024-02-08	2024-07-01	openstates	ocd-bill/04cf9801-c618-4db2-98e3-eb34b26127bd	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	e0b05503424438a31a40b2ea3f736062befdd7101b990ccd5656687e46afede6	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia HB 1193 (2023_24) — Motor vehicles; require operation of flashing or revolving amber lights upon certain vehicles

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 40 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to motor vehicles and traffic, so as to require the operation of flashing or revolving amber lights upon certain vehicles; to provide for penalties; to provide for conforming changes; 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 1193/AP* (committee substitute) — source
2. LC 39 4183/a (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• House Vote #513 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — 161–1 (pass) · lower
• Senate Vote #720 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — 53–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Bill Hitchens — primary (person)
• Eddie Lumsden — primary (person)
• J Collins — primary (person)
• Lauren McDonald — primary (person)
• Soo Hong — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-02-08 House Hopper introduction
• 2024-02-09 House First Readers reading-1
• 2024-02-12 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2024-02-16 House Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-02-21 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2024-02-21 House Passed/Adopted passage
• 2024-02-22 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2024-03-20 Senate Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-03-20 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2024-03-21 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2024-03-21 Senate Passed/Adopted passage
• 2024-04-01 House Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2024-05-01 House Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2024-05-01 Act 510 executive-signature
• 2024-07-01 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/04cf9801-c618-4db2-98e3-eb34b26127bd. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).