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type: "Bill"
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title: "Motor Vehicles and Traffic; requirements for joining of a motor carrier and motor carrier's insurer to a cause of action; revise"
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description: "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."
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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 426"
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citation: "Georgia SB 426 (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: ["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"]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 15
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2024-01-30"
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last_action: "2024-07-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ff40a953-4726-4d44-9421-1b2756fd132f"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "4de672139a0a6c6279cb4542a2f72f2c38fda536b4b941d63373d118550d48b4"
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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 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
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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.
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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 49 1658** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/222364.pdf)
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2. **As passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/223981.pdf)
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3. **Floor amend #1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/223910.pdf)
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4. **Floor amend #1A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/223970.pdf)
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5. **SB 426/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20232024/227764.pdf)
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## Votes
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- House Vote #707 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **172–0** (pass) · lower
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- Senate Vote #496 - 2023-2024 Regular Session — **46–2** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Ben Watson — primary (person)
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- Blake Tillery — primary (person)
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- Chuck Payne — primary (person)
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- Ed Setzler — primary (person)
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- Greg Dolezal — primary (person)
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- John Albers — primary (person)
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- John F. Kennedy — primary (person)
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- Larry Walker, III — primary (person)
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- Lee Anderson — primary (person)
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- Max Burns — primary (person)
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- Randy Robertson — primary (person)
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- Sam Watson — primary (person)
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- Steve Gooch — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2024-01-30** Senate Hopper `introduction`
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- **2024-01-31** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2024-02-07** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2024-02-08** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2024-02-13** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2024-02-13** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2024-02-15** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2024-02-16** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2024-03-13** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2024-03-18** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2024-03-18** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2024-04-02** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2024-05-06** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2024-05-06** Act 616 `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/ff40a953-4726-4d44-9421-1b2756fd132f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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