republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2025-26/hb-116.md

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Bill	Public Safety, Department of; Motor Carrier Compliance Division to Commercial Vehicle Enforcement; change name	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 5 of Chapter 2 of Title 35 and Title 40 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to Motor Carrier Compliance Division of the Department of Public Safety and motor vehicles and traffic, respectively, so as to change the name of the Motor Carrier Compliance Division of the Department of Public Safety to Commercial Vehicle Enforcement; to require law enforcement officers within such division be trained, sworn, and certified; to provide for conforming changes; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2025_26	HB 116	Georgia HB 116 (2025_26)	bill	CRIMES AND OFFENSES (CRIMINAL CODE) LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS AND AGENCIES MOTOR VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC	enacted	Bill Hitchens Carter Barrett Clint Crowe Eddie Lumsden Lauren McDonald III	2	15	2	2025-01-17	2025-07-01	openstates	ocd-bill/837c281e-fcda-4e74-bb70-c16927a70202	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	4e73f84b7c48773325d9a4edfffcdfb9aff2b333a7945ca085100a4548a304ad	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia HB 116 (2025_26) — Public Safety, Department of; Motor Carrier Compliance Division to Commercial Vehicle Enforcement; change name

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 5 of Chapter 2 of Title 35 and Title 40 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to Motor Carrier Compliance Division of the Department of Public Safety and motor vehicles and traffic, respectively, so as to change the name of the Motor Carrier Compliance Division of the Department of Public Safety to Commercial Vehicle Enforcement; to require law enforcement officers within such division be trained, sworn, and certified; to provide for conforming changes; to provide for related matters; 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. HB 116/AP* (committee substitute) — source
2. LC 39 4485/a (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• House Vote #54 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 162–5 (pass) · lower
• Senate Vote #342 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 51–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Bill Hitchens — primary (person)
• Carter Barrett — primary (person)
• Clint Crowe — primary (person)
• Eddie Lumsden — primary (person)
• Lauren McDonald III — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-01-17 House Hopper introduction
• 2025-01-27 House First Readers reading-1
• 2025-01-28 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2025-02-04 House Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-02-20 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2025-02-20 House Passed/Adopted passage
• 2025-02-21 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2025-03-20 Senate Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-03-21 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2025-03-31 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2025-03-31 Senate Passed/Adopted passage
• 2025-04-07 House Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2025-05-08 House Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2025-05-08 Act 67 executive-signature
• 2025-07-01 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/837c281e-fcda-4e74-bb70-c16927a70202. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).