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---
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type: "Bill"
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title: "Motor vehicles and traffic; following requirements for vehicles in a procession when speed is coordinated automatically; provide exception"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 3 of Chapter 6 of Title 40 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to driving on right side of roadway, overtaking and passing, and following too closely, so as to provide for an exception for following requirements for vehicles following in a procession when speed of the non-leading, participating vehicles are coordinated automatically; 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: "2017_18"
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identifier: "HB 472"
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citation: "Georgia HB 472 (2017_18)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Alan Powell", "James Epps", "Jason Shaw", "Sam Watson"]
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version_count: 0
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action_count: 17
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2017-02-22"
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last_action: "2017-07-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8deb6df1-3d48-455f-9f92-c1472636a774"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "bb842056302205bd836955e150b45a2fccad34af61f25b41fb161f5f93c6ae25"
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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 472 (2017_18) — Motor vehicles and traffic; following requirements for vehicles in a procession when speed is coordinated automatically; provide exception
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 3 of Chapter 6 of Title 40 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to driving on right side of roadway, overtaking and passing, and following too closely, so as to provide for an exception for following requirements for vehicles following in a procession when speed of the non-leading, participating vehicles are coordinated automatically; 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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## Votes
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- PASSAGE — **167–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Alan Powell — primary (person)
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- James Epps — primary (person)
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- Jason Shaw — primary (person)
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- Sam Watson — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2017-02-22** House Hopper
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- **2017-02-23** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2017-02-24** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2017-03-03** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2017-03-03** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2017-03-03** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2017-03-06** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2017-03-15** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2017-03-16** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2017-03-28** Senate Tabled
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- **2017-03-30** Senate Taken from Table
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- **2017-03-30** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2017-03-30** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
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- **2017-04-05** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2017-05-09** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2017-05-09** Act 267 `executive-signature`
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- **2017-07-01** 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/8deb6df1-3d48-455f-9f92-c1472636a774`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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