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type: "Bill"
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title: "Motor Carriers; the reference date to federal regulations regarding the safe operation of motor carriers and commercial motor vehicles; update"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 40-1-8 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to safe operations of motor carriers, commercial motor vehicles, and drivers and safe transportation of hazardous materials, so as to update the reference date to federal regulations regarding the safe operation of motor carriers and commercial motor vehicles; to revise a definition; 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: "SB 120"
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citation: "Georgia SB 120 (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: ["Bo Hatchett", "Brandon Beach", "Greg Dolezal", "Larry Walker, III", "Lee Anderson", "Mike Hodges", "Russ Goodman", "Shawn Still", "Shelly Echols"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 15
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2023-02-08"
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last_action: "2023-07-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/35ffd8a2-7e77-457e-ab38-27d3ffa90726"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "6b3309b52c6f4f7b85e8b5fe7b54bf9038a08287dea255824f415ce192dd1619"
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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 SB 120 (2023_24) — Motor Carriers; the reference date to federal regulations regarding the safe operation of motor carriers and commercial motor vehicles; update
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 40-1-8 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to safe operations of motor carriers, commercial motor vehicles, and drivers and safe transportation of hazardous materials, so as to update the reference date to federal regulations regarding the safe operation of motor carriers and commercial motor vehicles; to revise a definition; 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. **As introduced LC 39 3697** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/214068.pdf)
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2. **As passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/215611.pdf)
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3. **SB 120/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/218188.pdf)
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## Votes
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- Senate Vote #70 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **54–0** (pass) · upper
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- House Vote #237 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **169–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Bo Hatchett — primary (person)
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- Brandon Beach — primary (person)
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- Greg Dolezal — primary (person)
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- Larry Walker, III — primary (person)
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- Lee Anderson — primary (person)
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- Mike Hodges — primary (person)
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- Russ Goodman — primary (person)
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- Shawn Still — primary (person)
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- Shelly Echols — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2023-02-08** Senate Hopper `introduction`
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- **2023-02-09** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2023-02-16** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-02-21** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2023-02-22** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2023-02-22** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2023-02-23** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2023-02-27** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2023-03-09** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-03-15** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2023-03-15** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2023-04-05** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2023-05-01** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2023-05-01** Act 83 `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/35ffd8a2-7e77-457e-ab38-27d3ffa90726`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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