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type: "Bill"
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title: "Georgia Driver's Education Commission; violation of traffic laws or ordinances under Joshua's Law; provide additional penalty"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 10 of Chapter 21 of Title 15 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the Georgia Driver's Education Commission, so as to provide for an additional penalty for violation of traffic laws or ordinances under \"Joshua's Law\"; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date and applicability; 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: "2023_24"
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identifier: "HB 242"
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citation: "Georgia HB 242 (2023_24)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Alan Powell", "Bill Hitchens", "Eddie Lumsden", "Jesse Petrea", "Ron Stephens"]
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version_count: 2
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action_count: 15
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2023-02-06"
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last_action: "2023-07-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a90f060e-cea5-4406-b010-ed7e14b442bb"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "0c1440a4c5b9af6b12cb14bedde2e286ac850c29a6e050f37098caf283b941ae"
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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 242 (2023_24) — Georgia Driver's Education Commission; violation of traffic laws or ordinances under Joshua's Law; provide additional penalty
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 10 of Chapter 21 of Title 15 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the Georgia Driver's Education Commission, so as to provide for an additional penalty for violation of traffic laws or ordinances under "Joshua's Law"; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date and applicability; 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 242/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/218044.pdf)
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2. **LC 39 3564/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/213756.pdf)
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## Votes
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- Senate Vote #236 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **43–8** (pass) · upper
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- House Vote #50 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **161–9** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Alan Powell — primary (person)
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- Bill Hitchens — primary (person)
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- Eddie Lumsden — primary (person)
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- Jesse Petrea — primary (person)
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- Ron Stephens — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2023-02-06** House Hopper `introduction`
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- **2023-02-07** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2023-02-08** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2023-02-14** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-02-21** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2023-02-21** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2023-02-22** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2023-03-09** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-03-13** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2023-03-15** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2023-03-15** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2023-03-30** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2023-05-03** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2023-05-03** Act 332 `executive-signature`
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- **2023-07-01** 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/a90f060e-cea5-4406-b010-ed7e14b442bb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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