Georgia House · 2025 Regular Session

HB 651: Revise provisions relative to the use of automated traffic enforcement safety devices in school zones

Passage · March 4, 2025 · Yeas 164, nays 8

What the bill does

The bill revises the rules on using automated traffic enforcement safety devices in school zones. It also allows district attorneys, solicitors-general and prosecuting attorneys to enforce civil monetary penalties tied to enforcing school-zone speeding laws with recorded images.

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The bill’s caption, as the Journal prints it with this vote
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 2 of Chapter 14 of Title 40 of the O.C.G.A., relating to speed detection devices, so as to revise provisions relative to the use of automated traffic enforcement safety devices in school zones; to amend Title 15 of the O.C.G.A., relating to courts, so as to authorize district attorneys, solicitors-general, and prosecuting attorneys to enforce civil monetary penalties relative to the enforcement of laws regarding speeding in a school zone using recorded images; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Official source ↗

How each party voted

Democrats
Yea 66 · Nay 8 · Not voting 6
Republicans
Yea 98 · Nay 0 · Not voting 1

Majority Leader Chuck Efstration voted yea.

Bill

Bill
HB 651
Motion
Passage
Date
March 4, 2025
Session
2025 Regular Session
Presiding
Jon Burns
Yeas–nays
Yeas 164, nays 8; 7 didn't vote (4 excused, 0 abstained)

Official record: the Journal (PDF) ↗

The chamber on this vote

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How each member voted

Yea (164)

Nay (8)

Excused (4)

Not voting (3)