republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2023-24/sb-426.md

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Bill	Motor Vehicles and Traffic; requirements for joining of a motor carrier and motor carrier's insurer to a cause of action; revise	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 revise requirements for joining of a motor carrier and motor carrier's insurer to a cause of action; to provide for subrogation for unpaid final judgments relative to causes of action involving motor carriers; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date and for applicability; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2023_24	SB 426	Georgia SB 426 (2023_24)	bill		enacted	Ben Watson Blake Tillery Chuck Payne Ed Setzler Greg Dolezal John Albers John F. Kennedy Larry Walker, III Lee Anderson Max Burns Randy Robertson Sam Watson Steve Gooch	5	15	2	2024-01-30	2024-07-01	openstates	ocd-bill/ff40a953-4726-4d44-9421-1b2756fd132f	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	4de672139a0a6c6279cb4542a2f72f2c38fda536b4b941d63373d118550d48b4	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia SB 426 (2023_24) — Motor Vehicles and Traffic; requirements for joining of a motor carrier and motor carrier's insurer to a cause of action; revise

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 revise requirements for joining of a motor carrier and motor carrier's insurer to a cause of action; to provide for subrogation for unpaid final judgments relative to causes of action involving motor carriers; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date and for applicability; 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. As Introduced LC 49 1658 (committee substitute) — source
2. As passed Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. Floor amend #1 (committee substitute) — source
4. Floor amend #1A (committee substitute) — source
5. SB 426/AP* (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• House Vote #707 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — 172–0 (pass) · lower
• Senate Vote #496 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — 46–2 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Ben Watson — primary (person)
• Blake Tillery — primary (person)
• Chuck Payne — primary (person)
• Ed Setzler — primary (person)
• Greg Dolezal — primary (person)
• John Albers — primary (person)
• John F. Kennedy — primary (person)
• Larry Walker, III — primary (person)
• Lee Anderson — primary (person)
• Max Burns — primary (person)
• Randy Robertson — primary (person)
• Sam Watson — primary (person)
• Steve Gooch — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-01-30 Senate Hopper introduction
• 2024-01-31 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2024-02-07 Senate Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-02-08 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2024-02-13 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2024-02-13 Senate Passed/Adopted passage
• 2024-02-15 House First Readers reading-1
• 2024-02-16 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2024-03-13 House Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-03-18 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2024-03-18 House Passed/Adopted passage
• 2024-04-02 Senate Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2024-05-06 Senate Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2024-05-06 Act 616 executive-signature
• 2024-07-01 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/ff40a953-4726-4d44-9421-1b2756fd132f. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).