Motor vehicles; encountering funeral procession on two-lane highway; revise responsibilities

What it does

The legislature's own summary of the bill, or its official long title.

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 4 of Chapter 6 of Title 40 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to right of way for operators of motor vehicles, so as to revise responsibilities of motor vehicle operators when encountering a funeral procession on a two-lane highway; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Every action

14 steps, oldest first, as the legislature records them.

1. Mar 6, 2025CommitteeSenate Read and Referred · Senate Public Safety
2. Mar 21, 2025CommitteeSenate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute · Senate Public Safety
3. Mar 25, 2025SenateSenate Read Second Time
4. Apr 2, 2025SenateSenate Tabled
5. Jan 12, 2026SenateSenate Taken from Table
6. Jan 12, 2026CommitteeSenate Recommitted · Senate Public Safety
7. Feb 3, 2026CommitteeSenate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute · Senate Public Safety
8. Mar 31, 2026SenateSenate Tabled

Roll calls

2 recorded votes: 2 on the floor, 0 in committee. Each shows how every member voted.

Sponsors

The member who introduced it, joined by 5 cosponsors: 5 Republicans.

• Lehman FranklinR Primary sponsor · District 160