Georgia 2017-2018 Regular Session Status: Enacted 3 R cosponsors

HB 673 — Motor vehicles; prohibit actions which distract a driver while operating a motor vehicle; provisions

Last action — Effective Date

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  1. ✓
    Introduced
  2. ✓
    In Committee
  3. ✓
    Passed House
  4. ✓
    Passed Senate
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    To Executive
  6. 6
    Enacted

This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced January 10, 2018. Enacted.

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Advancing 50% · moderate confidence

Where this bill stands today.

Odds of enactment

High

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  • Enacted

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 6 sponsors

    6 primary, 0 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Single-party support

    Sponsorship is currently within one party (3 R).

  • Failed a recorded vote

    Failed 1 recorded vote so far — a real headwind.

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Summary

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 40 of the O.C.G.A., relating to motor vehicles and traffic, so as to prohibit actions which distract a driver while operating a motor vehicle; to provide for the proper and safe use of wireless telecommunications devices while driving; to provide for definitions; to provide for violations; to provide for punishments; to provide for the assessment of points upon conviction; to provide for additional fines to be collected by the Department of Driver Services; to provide for applicability; to provide for punishments for homicide by vehicle and for serious bodily injury by vehicle when driver was operating such motor vehicle while using a wireless telecommunications device; to correct cross-references; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Bill Text

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Action History

  1. Effective Date

  2. Act 298

  3. House Date Signed by Governor

  4. House Sent to Governor

  5. House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub

  6. Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub As Amended

  7. House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub As Amended

  8. Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute

  9. Senate Third Read

  10. Senate Read Second Time

  11. Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute

  12. Senate Read and Referred

  13. House Passed/Adopted By Substitute

  14. House Third Readers

  15. House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute

  16. House Second Readers

  17. House First Readers

  18. House Hopper

Sponsors

Sponsorship breakdown

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6 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 241 not signed on · 62 voted No

Sponsors (6)

Co-sponsors (0)

None.

Not signed on (241)

241 members have not signed on to this bill.

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"Not signed on" means a member has not sponsored or co-sponsored this bill — it does not imply opposition. Members flagged Voted No have a recorded No vote on this bill.

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Votes

AM 39 0225

Failed 36 Yea · 136 Nay · 8 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Democrat 02801
Unaffiliated 267206
Republican 103601
Total 3613608
% of votes cast 20%76%0%4%
How each member voted (180)
Member Party Vote
ANULEWICZ, 42ND — Nay
BARR, 103RD — Yea
BATTLES, 15TH — Nay
BEASLEY-TEAGUE, 65TH — Nay
BELTON, 112TH — Nay
BENTLEY, 139TH — Nay
BENTON, 31ST — Nay
BESKIN, 54TH — Nay
BEVERLY, 143RD — Nay
BODDIE, 62ND — Nay
BROCKWAY, 102ND — Nay
BRUCE, 61ST — Nay
CANTRELL, 22ND — Nay
CASAS, 107TH — Nay
CAUBLE, 111TH — Nay
CHANDLER, 105TH — Nay
CLARK, 98TH — Yea
CLARK, 147TH — Yea
COLEMAN, 97TH — Nay
COLLINS, 68TH — Nay
COOKE, 18TH — Yea
COOMER, 14TH — Yea
DEFFENBAUGH, 1ST — Nay
DOLLAR, 45TH — Yea
DREYER, 59TH — Nay
DUKES, 154TH — Nay
EALUM, 153RD — Nay
ENGLAND, 116TH — Nay
EPPS, 144TH — Nay
FRAZIER, 126TH — Nay
GARDNER, 57TH — Nay
GASAWAY, 28TH — Nay
GILLIGAN, 24TH — Yea
GLANTON, 75TH — Nay
GOLICK, 40TH — Nay
GONZALEZ, 117TH — Nay
GORDON, 163RD — Nay
GRAVLEY, 67TH — Nay
GURTLER, 8TH — Yea
HANSON, 80TH — Nay
HARDEN, 148TH — Nay
HATCHETT, 150TH — Yea
HENSON, 86TH — Nay
HILL, 3RD — Nay
HOGAN, 179TH — Nay
HOLMES, 129TH — Nay
HOUSTON, 170TH — Nay
HOWARD, 124TH — Not Voting
JACKSON, 64TH — Nay
JONES, 53RD — Nay
JONES, 91ST — Yea
JONES, 167TH — Nay
KIRBY, 114TH — Yea
KNIGHT, 130TH — Nay
LARICCIA, 169TH — Nay
LOPEZ, 99TH — Yea
LOTT, 122ND — Nay
MARIN, 96TH — Not Voting
MAXWELL, 17TH — Nay
MCCALL, 33RD — Yea
MCGOWAN, 138TH — Nay
MEADOWS, 5TH — Nay
METZE, 55TH — Nay
MORRIS, 26TH — Nay
MORRIS, 156TH — Yea
MOSBY, 83RD — Nay
NGUYEN, 89TH — Nay
NIMMER, 178TH — Nay
NIX, 69TH — Nay
PEAKE, 141ST — Nay
PEZOLD, 133RD — Yea
PIRKLE, 155TH — Yea
PRICE, 48TH — Nay
PRUETT, 149TH — Nay
RAFFENSPERGER, 50TH — Yea
RAKESTRAW, 19TH — Not Voting
RALSTON, 7TH — Not Voting
ROGERS, 10TH — Nay
RUTLEDGE, 109TH — Yea
RYNDERS, 152ND — Yea
SHANNON, 84TH — Yea
SHAW, 176TH — Nay
SMITH, 134TH — Nay
SMYRE, 135TH — Nay
SPENCER, 180TH — Yea
STEPHENSON, 90TH — Nay
STOVALL, 74TH — Nay
STOVER, 71ST — Yea
TANKERSLEY, 160TH — Not Voting
TANNER, 9TH — Nay
TAYLOR, 79TH — Nay
TEASLEY, 37TH — Yea
THOMAS, 39TH — Nay
THOMAS, 56TH — Nay
TRAMMELL, 132ND — Nay
TURNER, 21ST — Yea
WALLACE, 119TH — Yea
WATSON, 172ND — Nay
WELCH, 110TH — Nay
WILLARD, 51ST — Nay
WILLIAMS, 87TH — Not Voting
WILLIAMS, 145TH — Nay
CALDWELL, JR. — Yea
CALDWELL, JR. — Nay
Al Williams Democrat Nay
Billy Mitchell Democrat Nay
Brian Prince Democrat Nay
Carl Gilliard Democrat Nay
Carolyn Hugley Democrat Nay
Dar'shun Kendrick Democrat Nay
David Wilkerson Democrat Nay
Debbie Buckner Democrat Nay
Debra Bazemore Democrat Nay
Demetrius Douglas Democrat Nay
Dewey McClain Democrat Nay
Dexter Sharper Democrat Nay
Doreen Carter Democrat Nay
Karen Bennett Democrat Nay
Karla Drenner Democrat Nay
Kim Schofield Democrat Nay
Kimberly Alexander Democrat Nay
Mack Jackson Democrat Nay
Mary Oliver Democrat Nay
Michael Smith Democrat Nay
Miriam Paris Democrat Nay
Park Cannon Democrat Nay
Rhonda Burnough Democrat Nay
Sally Harrell Democrat Nay
Sam Park Democrat Nay
Sandra Scott Democrat Nay
Scott Holcomb Democrat Nay
Sheila Nelson Democrat Not Voting
Spencer Frye Democrat Nay
Alan Powell Republican Yea
Alan Powell Republican Nay
Bill Hitchens Republican Nay
Bill Werkheiser Republican Nay
Brent Cox Republican Yea
Bruce Williamson Republican Yea
Butch Parrish Republican Nay
Charles Martin Republican Yea
Chuck Efstration Republican Nay
Darlene Taylor Republican Nay
Deborah Silcox Republican Nay
Don Parsons Republican Nay
Ed Setzler Republican Yea
Eddie Lumsden Republican Nay
Emory Dunahoo Republican Nay
Gerald Greene Republican Nay
Ginny Ehrhart Republican Nay
Jan Jones Republican Nay
Jason Ridley Republican Nay
Jason T. Dickerson Republican Nay
Jesse Petrea Republican Yea
John Carson Republican Nay
John Corbett Republican Nay
John LaHood Republican Nay
Jon Burns Republican Nay
Josh Bonner Republican Yea
Karen Mathiak Republican Nay
Kasey Carpenter Republican Nay
Katie Dempsey Republican Nay
Lee Hawkins Republican Nay
Lynn Smith Republican Nay
Mandi Ballinger Republican Nay
Mark Newton Republican Nay
Matt Dubnik Republican Nay
Matt Reeves Republican Nay
Rick Jasperse Republican Yea
Robert Dickey Republican Nay
Ron Stephens Republican Yea
Ron Stephens Republican Nay
Scott Hilton Republican Nay
Sharon Cooper Republican Nay
Shaw Blackmon Republican Yea
Steve Tarvin Republican Nay
Tim Fleming Republican Nay
Todd Jones Republican Nay
Trey Kelley Republican Not Voting
Trey Rhodes Republican Nay

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Subjects

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Frequently asked questions

What does HB 673 do?
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 40 of the O.C.G.A., relating to motor vehicles and traffic, so as to prohibit actions which distract a driver while operating a motor vehicle; to provide for the proper and safe use of wireless telecommunications devices while driving; to provide for definitions; to provide for violations; to provide for punishments; to provide for the assessment of points upon conviction; to provide for additional fines to be collected by the Department of Driver Services; to provide for applicability; to provide for punishments for homicide by vehicle and for serious bodily injury by vehicle when driver was operating such motor vehicle while using a wireless telecommunications device; to correct cross-references; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Who sponsors HB 673?
HB 673 is sponsored by John Carson (Republican), Eddie Lumsden (Republican), Rich Golick, Robert Trammell, Richard Smith, and Bill Hitchens (Republican).
What is the current status of HB 673?
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced January 10, 2018. Enacted.
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