republic-os/legislation/us/states/ga/2025-26/sb-433.md

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Bill	"Rio's Law"	A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 3 of Chapter 2 of Title 40 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to prestige license plates and special plates for certain persons and vehicles, so as to provide for special license plates for persons with autism spectrum disorder or a developmental disability and for such person's spouse, parent, or legal guardian; to amend Chapter 8 of Chapter 35 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to employment and training of peace officers, so as to provide for training regarding encounters with persons with autism spectrum disorder or a developmental disability; to provide for collaboration with the Department of Community Health and nonprofit organizations regarding such training; to provide for a short title; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.	us/states/ga	Georgia General Assembly	2025_26	SB 433	Georgia SB 433 (2025_26)	bill	LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS AND AGENCIES MOTOR VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC	enacted	Brian Strickland Drew Echols Elena Parent Jason Anavitarte John Albers Timothy Bearden Tonya Anderson	4	15	2	2026-01-28	2026-07-01	openstates	ocd-bill/e4ba899e-94fd-4b11-b8b6-cdf3852f6411	http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl	249b360f719d15986a4524d276edf7b2bf8336d8a43c09353cea8585941339d6	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ga

Georgia SB 433 (2025_26) — "Rio's Law"

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 3 of Chapter 2 of Title 40 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to prestige license plates and special plates for certain persons and vehicles, so as to provide for special license plates for persons with autism spectrum disorder or a developmental disability and for such person's spouse, parent, or legal guardian; to amend Chapter 8 of Chapter 35 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to employment and training of peace officers, so as to provide for training regarding encounters with persons with autism spectrum disorder or a developmental disability; to provide for collaboration with the Department of Community Health and nonprofit organizations regarding such training; to provide for a short title; 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 Introduced LC 63 0057 (committee substitute) — source
2. As Passed Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. Committee sub LC 63 0096S (committee substitute) — source
4. SB 433/AP* (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Senate Vote #580 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 54–0 (pass) · upper
• House Vote #757 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 169–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Brian Strickland — primary (person)
• Drew Echols — primary (person)
• Elena Parent — primary (person)
• Jason Anavitarte — primary (person)
• John Albers — primary (person)
• Timothy Bearden — primary (person)
• Tonya Anderson — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2026-01-28 Senate Hopper introduction
• 2026-01-29 Senate Read and Referred referral-committee
• 2026-02-19 Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-02-20 Senate Read Second Time reading-2
• 2026-02-25 Senate Third Read reading-3
• 2026-02-25 Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute passage
• 2026-02-26 House First Readers reading-1
• 2026-03-03 House Second Readers reading-2
• 2026-03-19 House Committee Favorably Reported committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-03-25 House Third Readers reading-3
• 2026-03-25 House Passed/Adopted passage
• 2026-04-10 Senate Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2026-05-06 Senate Date Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2026-05-06 Act 423 executive-signature
• 2026-07-01 Effective Date

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/e4ba899e-94fd-4b11-b8b6-cdf3852f6411. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).