republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2025-26/sb-160.md

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Bill	Reckless Stunt Driving; a motor vehicle involved in a second offense of reckless stunt driving; replace the forfeiture penalty	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 40-6-390.1 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to reckless stunt driving, so as to replace the forfeiture penalty of a motor vehicle involved in a second offense of reckless stunt driving with authority to order the installation of a device which limits the speed of such vehicle; to provide for a definition; to provide for procedures and conditions upon issuance of such orders; to provide for notification to the Department of Revenue; to provide for a penalty; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2025_26	SB 160	Georgia SB 160 (2025_26)	bill	MOTOR VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC PENAL INSTITUTIONS PROFESSIONS AND BUSINESSES	enacted	Bill Cowsert Brian Strickland Chuck Payne Emanuel Jones Jason Anavitarte Jason Esteves John Albers John F. Kennedy Josh McLaurin Kay Kirkpatrick Nan Orrock Randy Robertson Rick Williams Russ Goodman Sam Watson Sonya Halpern Steve Gooch	5	18	3	2025-02-12	2028-07-01	openstates	ocd-bill/f8d3837d-c775-4f28-8bed-05bc07a0e00b	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	33b5c24493f3d45f3bccb10bfc62c8533cc11493bac2ac0df268da3ecc1f7ea2	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia SB 160 (2025_26) — Reckless Stunt Driving; a motor vehicle involved in a second offense of reckless stunt driving; replace the forfeiture penalty

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 40-6-390.1 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to reckless stunt driving, so as to replace the forfeiture penalty of a motor vehicle involved in a second offense of reckless stunt driving with authority to order the installation of a device which limits the speed of such vehicle; to provide for a definition; to provide for procedures and conditions upon issuance of such orders; to provide for notification to the Department of Revenue; to provide for a penalty; to provide for related matters; 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. As Passed Senate (committee substitute) — source
2. As introduced LC 39 4601 (committee substitute) — source
3. LC 39 4778S/hss (committee substitute) — source
4. LC 56 0551S/hss (committee substitute) — source
5. SB 160/AP* (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• House Vote #708 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 130–26 (pass) · lower
• Senate Vote #148 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 53–1 (pass) · upper
• Senate Vote #818 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 49–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Bill Cowsert — primary (person)
• Brian Strickland — primary (person)
• Chuck Payne — primary (person)
• Emanuel Jones — primary (person)
• Jason Anavitarte — primary (person)
• Jason Esteves — primary (person)
• John Albers — primary (person)
• John F. Kennedy — primary (person)
• Josh McLaurin — primary (person)
• Kay Kirkpatrick — primary (person)
• Nan Orrock — primary (person)
• Randy Robertson — primary (person)
• Rick Williams — primary (person)
• Russ Goodman — primary (person)
• Sam Watson — primary (person)
• Sonya Halpern — primary (person)
• Steve Gooch — primary (person)

Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

• 2025-02-12 Senate Hopper introduction
• 2025-02-13 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2025-02-20 Senate Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-02-21 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2025-03-04 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2025-03-04 Senate Passed/Adopted passage
• 2025-03-06 House First Readers reading-1
• 2025-03-10 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2025-03-21 House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-04-04 House Withdrawn, Recommitted referral-committee, withdrawal
• 2026-02-24 House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-03-16 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2026-03-16 House Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2026-03-25 Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
• 2026-04-10 Senate Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2026-05-06 Senate Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2026-05-06 Act 418 executive-signature
• 2028-07-01 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/f8d3837d-c775-4f28-8bed-05bc07a0e00b. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).