Motor vehicles; presentation of a driver's license in a certain electronic format; provisions
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Officially: “A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 2 of Chapter 5 of Title 40 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to issuance, expiration, and renewal of drivers' licenses, so as to provide that presentation of a driver's license in a certain electronic format satisfies the requirement...” Read the full text
2025-2026 regular session
What it does
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 2 of Chapter 5 of Title 40 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to issuance, expiration, and renewal of drivers' licenses, so as to provide that presentation of a driver's license in a certain electronic format satisfies the requirement to possess a driver's license while operating a motor vehicle; to prohibit the compelling of a licensee to produce a wireless telecommunications device to a law enforcement officer; to provide for relat
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Where it is
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House Hopper · Feb 5, 2025
House First Readers · Feb 6, 2025
House Second Readers · Feb 10, 2025
House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute · Feb 11, 2025
House Withdrawn, Recommitted · Feb 24, 2025
House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute · Feb 26, 2025
House Third Readers · Mar 3, 2025
House Passed/Adopted By Substitute · Mar 3, 2025
Senate Read and Referred · Mar 4, 2025
Senate Committee Favorably Reported · Mar 11, 2025
Senate Read Second Time · Mar 13, 2025
Senate Tabled · Apr 2, 2025
Senate Taken from Table · Apr 4, 2025
Senate Third Read · Apr 4, 2025
Senate Passed/Adopted As Amended · Apr 4, 2025
House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub · Apr 4, 2025
House Sent to Governor · Apr 10, 2025
House Date Signed by Governor · May 14, 2025
Act 256 · May 14, 2025
Effective Date · Jul 1, 2025
The numbers
7
sponsors on the bill
Sponsors
Recorded votes
PASSAGE AS AMENDEDSenate · 2025-04-04 · yea 51, nay 3, notVoting 1, excused 1
ADOPTION OF AMENDMENT #2 BY THE SENATOR FROM THE 46THSenate · 2025-04-04 · yea 13, nay 39, notVoting 3, excused 1
ADOPTION OF AMENDMENT #1 BY THE SENATOR FROM THE 42NDSenate · 2025-04-04 · yea 51, nay 2, notVoting 2, excused 1
Agree to Senate AmendmentHouse · 2025-04-04 · yea 163, nay 3, notVoting 2, excused 12
PASSAGEHouse · 2025-03-03 · yea 154, nay 17, notVoting 6, excused 3
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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