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type: "Bill"
title: "Motor vehicles; operation of miniature on-road vehicles on certain highways; provide"
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 provide for the operation of miniature on-road vehicles on certain highways; to provide for standards for registration of such vehicles; to provide for issuance of license plates for miniature on-road vehicles; to provide for an annual licensing fee for such vehicles; to provide for issuance of certificates of title by the Department of Revenue for such vehicles; to provide for equipment and operating standards for such vehicles; to provide local authorities with the power to prohibit operation of miniature on-road vehicles; to require posting of notice of such prohibition upon highways; to revise and provide for a definition; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2025_26"
identifier: "HB 308"
citation: "Georgia HB 308 (2025_26)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["MOTOR VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["John Corbett", "Marcus Wiedower", "Rob Clifton", "Robert Dickey", "Shaw Blackmon", "Trey Rhodes"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 17
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2025-02-06"
last_action: "2025-05-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ffa93b95-111b-4123-aafb-c798db48f3a8"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "32b5f195f2b4acb3b22f400e285650d97247c3260d366e490732449ac75e2b01"
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 308 (2025_26) — Motor vehicles; operation of miniature on-road vehicles on certain highways; 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 the operation of miniature on-road vehicles on certain highways; to provide for standards for registration of such vehicles; to provide for issuance of license plates for miniature on-road vehicles; to provide for an annual licensing fee for such vehicles; to provide for issuance of certificates of title by the Department of Revenue for such vehicles; to provide for equipment and operating standards for such vehicles; to provide local authorities with the power to prohibit operation of miniature on-road vehicles; to require posting of notice of such prohibition upon highways; to revise and provide for a definition; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date; 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 308/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/239325.pdf)
2. **LC 39 4568/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/231618.pdf)
3. **LC 39 4652S/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/233995.pdf)
4. **LC 39 4652S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/233385.pdf)
5. **SFA to HB 308** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/238994.pdf)
6. **Sen Floor Amend 1 AM 39 0459** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/238193.pdf)
7. **Sen Floor Amend 1A AM 39 0475** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/238682.pdf)
8. **Sen Floor Amend 2 AM 39 0473** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/238275.pdf)
## Votes
- House Vote #84 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **170–1** (pass) · lower
- Senate Vote #419 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **50–5** (pass) · upper
- House Vote #415 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **104–60** (pass) · lower
- Senate Vote #420 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **47–6** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- John Corbett — primary (person)
- Marcus Wiedower — primary (person)
- Rob Clifton — primary (person)
- Robert Dickey — primary (person)
- Shaw Blackmon — primary (person)
- Trey Rhodes — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2025-02-06** House Hopper `introduction`
- **2025-02-10** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2025-02-11** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2025-02-21** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-26** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2025-02-26** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2025-02-27** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-25** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-27** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2025-03-31** Senate Tabled
- **2025-04-02** Senate Taken from Table
- **2025-04-02** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2025-04-02** Senate Passed/Adopted As Amended `passage`
- **2025-04-04** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
- **2025-04-10** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-14** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-14** Veto V1 `executive-veto`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ffa93b95-111b-4123-aafb-c798db48f3a8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).