Bill Commons

GA HB 247

withdrawn

Motor vehicles; restoration of licenses; authorize written consent for release of certain information to be obtained and transferred electronically

Georgia · 2025_26 · lower

Description

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 4 of Chapter 5 of Title 40 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to restoration of licenses to persons completing defensive driving course or alcohol or drug program, so as to authorize written consent for release of certain information to be obtained and transferred electronically; to require certain training for clinical evaluators performing assessment components; to revise the authorized fees relating to such courses; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Introduced
2025-02-04
Status date
—
Latest action
2025-04-04 — House Withdrawn, Recommitted
Bill type
bill
Last updated
—

Subjects

Sponsors

  • Alan Powellprimary
  • Clint Croweprimary
  • Rick Jasperseprimary
  • Jason Ridleyprimary
  • John Corbettprimary
  • Matt Bartonprimary

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-02-04

    House Hopper

    introduction

  2. 2025-02-05

    House First Readers

    reading-1

  3. 2025-02-06

    House Second Readers

    reading-2

  4. 2025-02-11

    House Committee Favorably Reported

    committee-passage-favorable

  5. 2025-04-04

    House Withdrawn, Recommitted

    referral-committee,withdrawal

Versions

Documents

Votes

  • Senate Vote #984 - 2025-2026 Regular Session

    2026-04-03 · fail · 21-32

    Member-level votes (52)
    • ALBERS: no
    • ANAVITARTE: no
    • ANDERSON: no
    • BEARDEN: no
    • BRASS: yes
    • BURNS: no
    • COWSERT: no
    • DAVENPORT: yes
    • DICKERSON: no
    • DIXON: no
    • DOLEZAL: no
    • ECHOLS: no
    • GINN: no
    • GOOCH: no
    • GOODMAN: no
    • HALPERN: yes
    • HARBIN: no
    • HARBISON: yes
    • HARRELL: yes
    • HATCHETT: no
    • HICKMAN: no
    • HODGES: no
    • HOWARD: yes
    • HUFSTETLER: no
    • JACKSON: yes
    • JAMES: yes
    • JONES: no
    • JONES II: yes
    • KEMP: yes
    • KIRKPATRICK: no
    • LUCAS: yes
    • MALLOW: yes
    • MANGHAM: yes
    • MCLAURIN: yes
    • MCNEEL: no
    • MERRITT: yes
    • ORROCK: yes
    • PARENT: yes
    • PAYNE: no
    • RAHMAN: yes
    • RHETT: yes
    • ROBERTSON: no
    • SETZLER: no
    • SIMS: other
    • STILL: no
    • STRICKLAND: no
    • SUMMERS: no
    • TILLERY: no
    • WALKER, III: no
    • WATSON: no
    • WICKS: yes
    • WILLIAMS: no

Related bills

No related bills recorded for this bill.

Official source

https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/69852

Attribution

Data from openstates_bulk_csv, retrieved 2026-07-24T05:19:40.450420Z

Use this data

Every field on this page is available from the free public API — no key or licence required. Fetch this bill as JSON: GET /api/v1/bills?jurisdiction=GA&identifier=HB 247. See the API docs or the MCP server for AI assistants.

Known limitations

  • Sponsor party and chamber affiliation are not yet captured by this API.
  • Committee referrals are not yet captured.

See the methodology page for data sources and limitations.