Georgia House Bill 879

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Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 6)
Status: Introduced on March 28 2025 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2025-04-02 - House Second Readers
Pending: House Motor Vehicles Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 40-6-163 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to duty of driver of vehicle meeting or overtaking school bus, reporting of violations, and civil monetary penalty for violations captured by school bus camera, so as to revise penalties; to authorize alteration or suspension of such penalty; to provide for obtaining motor vehicle owner information from the Department of Revenue; to provide for a conspicuous statement of the right to contest such penalty in court in the mailing sent to a motor vehicle owner; to provide for the allocation of money collected; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Motor vehicles; penalty for violations captured by school bus camera; provisions

Rep. Don Parsons [R]	Rep. Matt Barton [R]	Rep. Derrick McCollum [R]	Rep. Alan Powell [R]
Rep. Mitchell Scoggins [R]	Rep. Matthew Gambill [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2025-04-02	House	House Second Readers
2025-03-31	House	House First Readers
2025-03-28	House	House Hopper

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/71846
Text	https://www.legis.ga.gov/api/legislation/document/20252026/237965