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type: "Bill"
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title: "Motor vehicles; personal delivery devices; revise operation procedures and restrictions"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 2A of Article 13 of Chapter 6 of Title 40 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to electric personal assistive mobility devices and personal delivery devices, so as to revise operation procedures and restrictions for personal delivery devices; 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 986"
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citation: "Georgia HB 986 (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: ["Carter Barrett", "David Huddleston", "Rick Townsend", "Scott Hilton", "Todd Jones"]
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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: "2026-01-15"
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last_action: "2026-05-11"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a2f4a2ad-30b0-4b62-8fc2-cf03c6a0cad3"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "15cf42ea5ab22abbad4268d14adf9f19ed4e51ba7205873c064bb0d66748a05a"
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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 986 (2025_26) — Motor vehicles; personal delivery devices; revise operation procedures and restrictions
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Part 2A of Article 13 of Chapter 6 of Title 40 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to electric personal assistive mobility devices and personal delivery devices, so as to revise operation procedures and restrictions for personal delivery devices; 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 986/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/246698.pdf)
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2. **LC 39 4860/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/239908.pdf)
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## Votes
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- Senate Vote #752 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **44–2** (pass) · upper
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- House Vote #497 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **164–3** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Carter Barrett — primary (person)
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- David Huddleston — primary (person)
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- Rick Townsend — primary (person)
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- Scott Hilton — primary (person)
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- Todd Jones — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2026-01-15** House Hopper `introduction`
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- **2026-01-16** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2026-01-27** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2026-02-05** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2026-02-11** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2026-02-11** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2026-02-12** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2026-03-12** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2026-03-16** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2026-03-19** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2026-03-19** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2026-04-06** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2026-05-11** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2026-05-11** Act 442 `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/a2f4a2ad-30b0-4b62-8fc2-cf03c6a0cad3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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