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Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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type: "Bill"
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title: "Unified Carrier Registration Act of 2005; administration responsibilities from Department of Revenue to Department of Public Safety; transfer"
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description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 40-1-102 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to certification as a prerequisite to the operation of a motor carrier of passengers or household goods or property and minimum insurance requirement, and Article 6A of Chapter 2 of Title 40 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to administration of the federal Unified Carrier Registration Act of 2005, so as to transfer the administration responsibilities of the federal Unified Carrier Registration Act of 2005 from the Department of Revenue to the Department of Public Safety, to provide for related matters; to provide an effective date; 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: "2013_14"
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identifier: "HB 255"
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citation: "Georgia HB 255 (2013_14)"
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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", "Bill Hitchens", "Eddie Lumsden", "Terry Rogers", "Tom Kirby", "Tommy Benton"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 16
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2013-02-07"
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last_action: "2014-07-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/95cc05d0-e5be-4395-a03b-d05c8204add6"
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source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
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source_hash: "811be4738e6dc3a65d48ae80cec94451a21dbce3b9cf2303760951979aa6a93c"
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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 255 (2013_14) — Unified Carrier Registration Act of 2005; administration responsibilities from Department of Revenue to Department of Public Safety; transfer
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A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 40-1-102 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to certification as a prerequisite to the operation of a motor carrier of passengers or household goods or property and minimum insurance requirement, and Article 6A of Chapter 2 of Title 40 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to administration of the federal Unified Carrier Registration Act of 2005, so as to transfer the administration responsibilities of the federal Unified Carrier Registration Act of 2005 from the Department of Revenue to the Department of Public Safety, to provide for related matters; to provide an effective date; 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 255/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/135008.pdf)
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2. **LC 35 2846/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/130133.pdf)
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3. **Sen ctee sub LC 35 2980S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/133191.pdf)
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## Votes
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- PASSAGE — **165–2** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Alan Powell — primary (person)
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- Bill Hitchens — primary (person)
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- Eddie Lumsden — primary (person)
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- Terry Rogers — primary (person)
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- Tom Kirby — primary (person)
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- Tommy Benton — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2013-02-07** House Hopper
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- **2013-02-08** House First Readers `reading-1`
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- **2013-02-11** House Second Readers `reading-2`
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- **2013-02-13** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2013-02-21** House Third Readers `reading-3`
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- **2013-02-21** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
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- **2013-02-22** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
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- **2013-03-04** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2013-03-05** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
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- **2013-03-13** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
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- **2013-03-13** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
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- **2013-03-20** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
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- **2013-04-01** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2013-05-06** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2013-05-06** Act 240 `executive-signature`
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- **2014-07-01** 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/95cc05d0-e5be-4395-a03b-d05c8204add6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
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