republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2025-26/hb-1161.md

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Bill	Motor vehicles; proper operation upon approach by an authorized emergency vehicle or by a law enforcement vehicle for purposes of a traffic stop; provide	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 provide for proper operation of a motor vehicle upon approach by an authorized emergency vehicle or by a law enforcement vehicle for purposes of a traffic stop; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2025_26	HB 1161	Georgia HB 1161 (2025_26)	bill	MOTOR VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC	enacted	Jasmine Clark Leesa Hagan Marvin Lim Mary Ann Santos Matt Reeves Soo Hong	8	16	5	2026-02-02	2026-05-12	openstates	ocd-bill/efc88c53-bfa7-4865-b238-a5eee6d0af81	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	4ff333241df8c79ff2697131fc124153fb738164e6a45d8e36bda70ff93b6fa4	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia HB 1161 (2025_26) — Motor vehicles; proper operation upon approach by an authorized emergency vehicle or by a law enforcement vehicle for purposes of a traffic stop; provide

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 provide for proper operation of a motor vehicle upon approach by an authorized emergency vehicle or by a law enforcement vehicle for purposes of a traffic stop; 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. Floor Amendment AM 39 0561 (committee substitute) — source
2. HB 1161/AP* (committee substitute) — source
3. LC 39 4819/a (committee substitute) — source
4. SCSFA to HB 1161 (committee substitute) — source
5. Sen Ctee Sub LC 63 0158S (committee substitute) — source
6. Sen Floor Amend 1 AM 47 0204 (committee substitute) — source
7. Sen Floor Amend 2 AM 63 0038 (committee substitute) — source
8. Sen Floor Amend 3 AM 63 0027 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Senate Vote #908 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 43–7 (pass) · upper
• House Vote #864 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 163–6 (pass) · lower
• Senate Vote #982 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 33–19 (pass) · upper
• House Vote #534 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 162–2 (pass) · lower
• Senate Vote #909 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 46–3 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Jasmine Clark — primary (person)
• Leesa Hagan — primary (person)
• Marvin Lim — primary (person)
• Mary Ann Santos — primary (person)
• Matt Reeves — primary (person)
• Soo Hong — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2026-02-02 House Hopper introduction
• 2026-02-03 House First Readers reading-1
• 2026-02-04 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2026-02-12 House Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-02-19 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2026-02-19 House Passed/Adopted passage
• 2026-02-20 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2026-03-19 Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-03-20 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2026-03-31 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2026-03-31 Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2026-04-02 House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub As Amended
• 2026-04-02 Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
• 2026-04-10 House Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2026-05-12 House Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2026-05-12 Act 640 executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/efc88c53-bfa7-4865-b238-a5eee6d0af81. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).