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GA HB1193
Bill
Status
Passed
5/1/2024
Primary Sponsor
Lauren McDonald
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AI Summary
- Requires flashing or revolving amber lights on 15 categories of vehicles operating on highways, including wreckers/tow trucks, utility service vehicles, road construction vehicles, sanitation vehicles, rural mail carriers, oversized/overweight permitted vehicles, escort vehicles, low-speed vehicles without proper emblems, school buses, private security vehicles, neighborhood watch vehicles, and funeral procession lead vehicles
- Removes "red" from the list of authorized flashing light colors for stationary towing, recovery, highway maintenance, utility service, and sanitation worker vehicles under Georgia's "Move Over" law, limiting those lights to yellow, amber, or white
- Changes required light color on farm trailers/semitrailers and their escort vehicles from "red" to "amber" for flashing or revolving lights used during low-visibility conditions
- Makes unauthorized use of flashing or revolving amber lights on a highway a misdemeanor, escalating to a felony if committed during the commission of a felony
- Repeals the existing standalone Code Section 40-8-32 governing lights on rural mail carrier vehicles and removes amber lights from the Commissioner of Public Safety's emergency light permit authorization process, consolidating amber light requirements into the new revised Code Section 40-8-35
Legislative Description
Motor vehicles; require operation of flashing or revolving amber lights upon certain vehicles
Last Action
Effective Date 2024-07-01
5/1/2024
Committee Referrals
Transportation2/22/2024
Motor Vehicles2/9/2024
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