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type: "Bill"
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title: "Motor vehicles; require disqualification to operate a commercial motor vehicle upon receipt of notification from the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration of a positive drug test"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 40-5-151 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to disqualification from driving and action required after suspending, revoking, or canceling license or nonresident privileges, so as to require disqualification to operate a commercial motor vehicle upon receipt of notification from the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration of a positive drug test, an adulterated or substituted drug test, or a report of a refusal to submit to such test; 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: "2023_24"
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identifier: "HB 997"
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citation: "Georgia HB 997 (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", "Brian Prince", "Jason Ridley", "John Corbett"]
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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: "2024-01-23"
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last_action: "2024-07-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c6551478-e75d-485a-bf91-faa657f3477d"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "37f23a3d8ed471ed94b46f308692b3335a9f8c34a612a08e9616b11ab5c87f40"
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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 997 (2023_24) — Motor vehicles; require disqualification to operate a commercial motor vehicle upon receipt of notification from the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration of a positive drug test
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 40-5-151 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to disqualification from driving and action required after suspending, revoking, or canceling license or nonresident privileges, so as to require disqualification to operate a commercial motor vehicle upon receipt of notification from the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration of a positive drug test, an adulterated or substituted drug test, or a report of a refusal to submit to such test; 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 997/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/227610.pdf)
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2. **LC 39 4096/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/221558.pdf)
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## Votes
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- Senate Vote #679 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **45–6** (pass) · upper
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- House Vote #467 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **162–1** (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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- Brian Prince — primary (person)
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- Jason Ridley — primary (person)
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- John Corbett — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2024-01-23** House Hopper `introduction`
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- **2024-01-24** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2024-01-25** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2024-02-06** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2024-02-12** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2024-02-12** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2024-02-13** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2024-03-07** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2024-03-08** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2024-03-18** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2024-03-18** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2024-04-01** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2024-04-22** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2024-04-22** Act 402 `executive-signature`
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- **2024-07-01** 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/c6551478-e75d-485a-bf91-faa657f3477d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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