SB 64 - Law Enforcement Motor Vehicles; blue lights on roof; repeal requirement

Sponsored By

• (1) Douglas,John 17th

Committees

• SC:RULES
• HC:JudyNC

Current Status

04/20/06 - Senate Date Signed by Governor

First Reader Summary

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 40-1-7 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the requirement that officers enforcing traffic laws have a blue light on the roof of their vehicles, so as to repeal the requirement that officers enforcing traffic laws have a blue light on the roof of their vehicles; to provide an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Votes

Electronically Recorded Votes

Date	Time	Vote No	Yeas	Nays	NV	Exc	Description
03/08/06	11:35 AM	Senate Vote #757	047	002	004	003	PASSAGE BY SUBSTITUTE
03/30/06	11:41 AM	House Vote #1087	165	000	011	004	PASS
03/30/06	10:08 PM	House Vote #1147	155	002	020	003	ADOPT CCR
03/30/06	10:52 PM	Senate Vote #1198	053	000	001	002	ADOPT CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REPORT

Status History

Bill History

Date	Action
01/27/2005	Senate Read and Referred
02/10/2005	Senate Committee Favorably Reported
02/14/2005	Senate Read Second Time
03/02/2005	Senate Third Read
03/02/2005	Senate Tabled
03/03/2005	Senate Taken from Table
03/04/2005	Senate Recommitted
03/10/2005	Senate Committee Favorably Reported
01/09/2006	Senate Recommitted
02/09/2006	Senate Committee Favorably Reported
02/22/2006	Senate Recommitted
02/28/2006	Senate Committee Favorably Reported
03/08/2006	Senate Third Read
03/08/2006	Senate Passed/Adopted
03/09/2006	House First Readers
03/13/2006	House Second Readers
03/22/2006	House Committee Favorably Reported
03/30/2006	House Third Readers
03/30/2006	House Passed/Adopted
03/30/2006	Senate Disagrees House Amend/Sub
03/30/2006	House Insists
03/30/2006	Senate Conference Committee Appointed
03/30/2006	House Conference Committee Appointed
03/30/2006	House Conference Committee Report Adopted
03/30/2006	Senate Conference Committee Report Adopted
04/10/2006	Senate Sent to Governor
04/20/2006	Senate Date Signed by Governor
04/20/2006	Act 522
04/20/2006	Effective Date

Versions

1. As introduced LC 28 1944
2. Committee sub LC 22 5779S
3. Committee sub LC 19 6564S
4. Committe sub LC 35 0125S
5. Committee sub LC 35 0173S
6. As passed Senate
7. LC 21 8965S/hss
8. SB 64/HCSFA
9. CCR to SB 64 LC 34 0859S
10. AP

Footnotes

1/27/05 Assigned to Public Safety and Homeland Security 2/22/06 Withdrawn from General Calendar by Rules Committee and committed to Rules Committee in Senate 3/02/05 Tabled in Senate
3/3/05 Taken from Table in Senate
3/4/05 Ordered recommitted to Senate Rules Committee by Rules Committee
3/30/06 Passed House by Rules Committee Substitute
3/30/06 Senate Conferees: 17, 46, 53