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type: "Bill"
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title: "Motor vehicles; federal regulations regarding safe operation of commercial motor carriers and commercial vehicles; update reference date"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 40-1-8 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to safe operations of motor carriers, commercial motor vehicles, and drivers and safe transportation of hazardous materials, so as to update the reference date to federal regulations regarding the safe operation of motor carriers and commercial motor vehicles; to revise a definition; 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 944"
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citation: "Georgia HB 944 (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: ["Bill Hitchens", "Clint Crowe", "Eddie Lumsden", "Lauren McDonald III"]
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version_count: 2
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action_count: 14
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2026-01-12"
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last_action: "2026-05-06"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/de106d86-3ee8-415d-8a85-834dc574b644"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "29a8a90c55c19c56d89fb0e6c31371b318d5e7690c875fc4ab4c7642fe63da29"
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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 944 (2025_26) — Motor vehicles; federal regulations regarding safe operation of commercial motor carriers and commercial vehicles; update reference date
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 40-1-8 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to safe operations of motor carriers, commercial motor vehicles, and drivers and safe transportation of hazardous materials, so as to update the reference date to federal regulations regarding the safe operation of motor carriers and commercial motor vehicles; to revise a definition; 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 944/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/247116.pdf)
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2. **LC 39 4841/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/239648.pdf)
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## Votes
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- Senate Vote #786 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **50–0** (pass) · upper
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- House Vote #494 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **162–4** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Bill Hitchens — primary (person)
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- Clint Crowe — primary (person)
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- Eddie Lumsden — primary (person)
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- Lauren McDonald III — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2026-01-12** House Hopper `introduction`
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- **2026-01-13** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2026-01-14** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2026-02-03** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2026-02-10** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2026-02-10** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2026-02-11** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2026-03-19** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2026-03-20** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2026-03-23** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2026-03-23** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2026-04-06** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2026-05-06** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2026-05-06** Act 420 `executive-signature`
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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/de106d86-3ee8-415d-8a85-834dc574b644`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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