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type: "Bill"
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title: "Motor vehicles; presentation of a driver's license in a certain electronic format; provisions"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 2 of Chapter 5 of Title 40 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to issuance, expiration, and renewal of drivers' licenses, so as to provide that presentation of a driver's license in a certain electronic format satisfies the requirement to possess a driver's license while operating a motor vehicle; to prohibit the compelling of a licensee to produce a wireless telecommunications device to a law enforcement officer; to provide for related matters; 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: "2025_26"
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identifier: "HB 296"
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citation: "Georgia HB 296 (2025_26)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["ELECTIONS", "GAME AND FISH", "MOTOR VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC", "REVENUE AND TAXATION"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Houston Gaines", "John Corbett", "Marcus Wiedower", "Scott Hilton", "Shaw Blackmon", "Trey Kelley"]
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version_count: 7
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action_count: 20
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vote_count: 5
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first_action: "2025-02-05"
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last_action: "2025-07-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b437eae0-3988-4474-804e-26d6d06a5d00"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "e6359cca3923957d829b67904282110d12f92bd59b83ef41b9fc5b0f1bcf4dd0"
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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 HB 296 (2025_26) — Motor vehicles; presentation of a driver's license in a certain electronic format; provisions
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 2 of Chapter 5 of Title 40 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to issuance, expiration, and renewal of drivers' licenses, so as to provide that presentation of a driver's license in a certain electronic format satisfies the requirement to possess a driver's license while operating a motor vehicle; to prohibit the compelling of a licensee to produce a wireless telecommunications device to a law enforcement officer; to provide for related matters; 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. **HB 296/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/239322.pdf)
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2. **LC 39 4423/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/231498.pdf)
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3. **LC 39 4599S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/232052.pdf)
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4. **LC 39 4667S/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/234787.pdf)
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5. **LC 39 4667S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/233779.pdf)
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6. **Sen Floor Amend 1 AM 50 0135** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/239237.pdf)
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7. **Sen Floor Amend 2 AM 39 0492** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/239243.pdf)
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## Votes
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- Senate Vote #482 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **13–39** (fail) · upper
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- Senate Vote #481 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **51–2** (pass) · upper
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- Senate Vote #483 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **51–3** (pass) · upper
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- House Vote #448 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **163–3** (pass) · lower
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- House Vote #124 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **154–17** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Houston Gaines — primary (person)
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- John Corbett — primary (person)
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- Marcus Wiedower — primary (person)
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- Scott Hilton — primary (person)
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- Shaw Blackmon — primary (person)
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- Trey Kelley — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-02-05** House Hopper `introduction`
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- **2025-02-06** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2025-02-10** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2025-02-11** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-02-24** House Withdrawn, Recommitted `referral-committee, withdrawal`
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- **2025-02-26** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-03-03** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2025-03-03** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2025-03-04** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2025-03-11** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-03-13** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2025-04-02** Senate Tabled
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- **2025-04-04** Senate Taken from Table
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- **2025-04-04** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2025-04-04** Senate Passed/Adopted As Amended `passage`
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- **2025-04-04** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
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- **2025-04-10** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2025-05-14** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2025-05-14** Act 256 `executive-signature`
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- **2025-07-01** 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/b437eae0-3988-4474-804e-26d6d06a5d00`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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