Motor vehicles; federal regulations regarding safe operation of commercial motor carriers and commercial vehicles; 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 12, 2026
House First Readers · Jan 13, 2026
House Second Readers · Jan 14, 2026
House Committee Favorably Reported · Feb 3, 2026
House Third Readers · Feb 10, 2026
House Passed/Adopted · Feb 10, 2026
Senate Read and Referred · Feb 11, 2026
Senate Committee Favorably Reported · Mar 19, 2026
Senate Read Second Time · Mar 20, 2026
Senate Third Read · Mar 23, 2026
Senate Passed/Adopted · Mar 23, 2026
House Sent to Governor · Apr 6, 2026
House Date Signed by Governor · May 6, 2026
Act 420 · May 6, 2026
Effective Date · Jul 1, 2026
The numbers
5
sponsors on the bill
Sponsors
Recorded votes
PASSAGESenate · 2026-03-23 · yea 50, nay 0, notVoting 5, excused 1
PASSAGEHouse · 2026-02-10 · yea 162, nay 4, notVoting 8, excused 6
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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