"Freedom to Drive Act"; enact
Summary
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 40 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to motor vehicles and traffic, so as to provide for increased access to government issued identification and driving authorization to state residents through the issuance of state driving cards and identification cards; to provide for a short title; to revise a definition; to provide for an exception to the requirement that the Department of Driver Services utilize a certain federal verification program; to provide for application requirements for such driving cards and identification cards; to provide for standards for the appearance of such cards; to provide for fees for issuance and renewal of such cards; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Bill status
in committee
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2024
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced Feb 8, 2024
Last action Feb 9, 2024
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Actions timeline
Total actions
2
Key actions
0
Committee
1
Feb 9, 2024
Committee
Senate Read and Referred
upper
Feb 8, 2024
Introduced
Senate Hopper
upper
5 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Gloria Butler
DDemocratic
P
Jason Esteves
DDemocratic
P
Nabilah Parkes
DDemocratic
P
Nikki Merritt
DDemocratic
P
Sheikh Rahman
DDemocratic
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