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type: "Bill"
title: "Motor vehicles; application for certificate of title; provisions"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 2 of Chapter 3 of Title 40 of the O.C.G.A., relating to certificates of title for motor vehicles, so as to require an application for certificate of title to contain or be accompanied by the last certificate of title issued by another state when such application refers to a vehicle last previously registered in another state and the applicant is receiving such vehicle upon inheritance, devise, or bequest; to amend Code Section 40-3-34 of the O.C.G.A., relating to transfer of vehicle by operation of law, termination of interest, and joint interest with right of survivorship; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2025_26"
identifier: "HB 1181"
citation: "Georgia HB 1181 (2025_26)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["MOTOR VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bethany Ballard", "Ginny Ehrhart", "John Corbett", "Kimberly New", "Steven Sainz"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-02-04"
last_action: "2026-05-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/254f0da8-3040-4660-943e-83dd7d3ac152"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "9dc6b1e3a1527b2ecc543679461c2085b31189f96414c6c6971aa40f192c918f"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ga"]
---
# Georgia HB 1181 (2025_26) — Motor vehicles; application for certificate of title; provisions
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 2 of Chapter 3 of Title 40 of the O.C.G.A., relating to certificates of title for motor vehicles, so as to require an application for certificate of title to contain or be accompanied by the last certificate of title issued by another state when such application refers to a vehicle last previously registered in another state and the applicant is receiving such vehicle upon inheritance, devise, or bequest; to amend Code Section 40-3-34 of the O.C.G.A., relating to transfer of vehicle by operation of law, termination of interest, and joint interest with right of survivorship; 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 1181/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/246938.pdf)
2. **LC 64 0042/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/241476.pdf)
## Votes
- Senate Vote #776 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **43–0** (pass) · upper
- House Vote #535 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **166–0** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Bethany Ballard — primary (person)
- Ginny Ehrhart — primary (person)
- John Corbett — primary (person)
- Kimberly New — primary (person)
- Steven Sainz — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2026-02-04** House Hopper `introduction`
- **2026-02-05** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2026-02-06** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2026-02-10** 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`
- **2026-03-12** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-16** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2026-03-20** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2026-03-20** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2026-04-06** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-05-05** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2026-05-05** Act 400 `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/254f0da8-3040-4660-943e-83dd7d3ac152`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).