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type: "Bill"
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title: "Motor vehicles; exempt ride share drivers or ride share network services from definition of motor carrier"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 3 of Chapter 1 of Title 40 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to motor carriers, so as to exempt ride share drivers or ride share network services from the definition of motor carrier; to provide for definitions; to revise legislative findings; to exempt ride share network services from liability for actions of ride share drivers in certain instances; to provide for conforming changes; 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 339"
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citation: "Georgia HB 339 (2025_26)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["MOTOR VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Bruce Williamson", "Chuck Efstration", "Demetrius Douglas", "Houston Gaines", "Rob Leverett", "Stan Gunter"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 17
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2025-02-06"
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last_action: "2025-07-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/51ac0eb4-1eb0-46af-bec1-e33defff3943"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "f84c27275ff876efc66981e523f30786055b7ce63f53d5171923e3015e86d8ec"
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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 339 (2025_26) — Motor vehicles; exempt ride share drivers or ride share network services from definition of motor carrier
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 3 of Chapter 1 of Title 40 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to motor carriers, so as to exempt ride share drivers or ride share network services from the definition of motor carrier; to provide for definitions; to revise legislative findings; to exempt ride share network services from liability for actions of ride share drivers in certain instances; to provide for conforming changes; 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 339/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/239062.pdf)
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2. **LC 39 4455/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/231682.pdf)
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3. **LC 39 4702S/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/235238.pdf)
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4. **LC 39 4702S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/234542.pdf)
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## Votes
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- House Vote #173 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **166–0** (pass) · lower
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- Senate Vote #421 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **46–7** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Bruce Williamson — primary (person)
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- Chuck Efstration — primary (person)
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- Demetrius Douglas — primary (person)
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- Houston Gaines — primary (person)
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- Rob Leverett — primary (person)
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- Stan Gunter — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-02-06** House Hopper `introduction`
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- **2025-02-10** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2025-02-11** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2025-02-28** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-03-04** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2025-03-04** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2025-03-06** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2025-03-27** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-03-27** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2025-04-02** Senate Tabled
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- **2025-04-02** Senate Taken from Table
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- **2025-04-02** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2025-04-02** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2025-04-08** 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 257 `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/51ac0eb4-1eb0-46af-bec1-e33defff3943`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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