Motor vehicles; federal regulations regarding safe operation of commercial motor vehicle and carriers; update reference date
Introduced
Moved
Reached a final decision
Became law
Derived from the official record below.
Officially: “A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 40-1-8 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to safe operations of motor carriers, commercial motor vehicles, and drivers and safe transportation of hazardous materials, so as to update the reference date to federal regulations...” Read the full text
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2025-2026 regular session
Where it is
House Hopper · Jan 17, 2025
House First Readers · Jan 27, 2025
House Second Readers · Jan 28, 2025
House Committee Favorably Reported · Feb 4, 2025
House Third Readers · Feb 11, 2025
House Passed/Adopted · Feb 11, 2025
Senate Read and Referred · Feb 12, 2025
Senate Committee Favorably Reported · Mar 20, 2025
Senate Read Second Time · Mar 21, 2025
Senate Third Read · Mar 31, 2025
Senate Passed/Adopted · Mar 31, 2025
House Sent to Governor · Apr 7, 2025
House Date Signed by Governor · May 8, 2025
Act 66 · May 8, 2025
Effective Date · Jul 1, 2025
The numbers
6
sponsors on the bill
Sponsors
Recorded votes
PASSAGESenate · 2025-03-31 · yea 52, nay 0, notVoting 3, excused 1
PASSAGEHouse · 2025-02-11 · yea 165, nay 0, notVoting 7, excused 8
Roll-call results shown verbatim from the Georgia legislature’s records. A result reflects that roll call’s own motion, not the bill’s overall outcome.
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