2025-2026 Regular Session

HB809

Motor vehicles; minimum speed limit of 50 miles per hour on certain highways; provide

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 9 of Chapter 6 of Title 40 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to speed restrictions, so as to provide for a minimum speed limit of 50 miles per hour on certain highways; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Current disposition: Introduced in House
Last status date: February 20, 2026
Last status update: House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute
Author: John Carson
Co-sponsors: Bill Hitchens Alan Powell Brad Thomas Clint Crowe Eddie Lumsden

Legislative progress

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House committee substitute February 20, 2026

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Committee referrals

March 21, 2025 · House

Motor Vehicles

Instrument history

This is the complete recorded action history in the current source package. Highlighted entries are marked as significant by the source. A roll-call link appears only when a vote-like action has one unambiguous same-day chamber vote.

February 20, 2026
House House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute
March 25, 2025
House House Second Readers
March 21, 2025
House House First Readers
March 20, 2025
House House Hopper

Source provenance

LegiScan bill ID: 2012218
LegiScan session ID: 2167
Source file: var/states/georgia/source/legiscan/2167-841ad2a0e705/bill/HB809.json
Package observed: 2026-07-17T02:17:01+00:00