Georgia transportation laws

What Georgia has enacted on transportation, what each law requires, and what the bills still moving would do. Georgia is one of 41 states that enacted a transportation law in the 2025 and 2026 sessions.

5 new Georgia laws take effect in 2027

Bills in scope
7bills in scope
Past committee
5past committee
Most recent action
11 May 2026most recent action

Transportation laws enacted in Georgia

3 transportation laws enacted in the Georgia Legislature in the 2025 and 2026 sessions, newest first. Each links to the legislature's own page.

  • HB 986Motor vehicles; personal delivery devices; revise operation procedures and restrictionsEnacted 11 May 2026

    What it requires: A personal delivery device operator must emit a sound when approaching in motion within six feet of a vehicle, person on foot, or individual in a wheelchair. Personal delivery devices are limited to speeds of no greater than 20 miles per hour on bicycle lanes, shoulders, or roadways; no greater than 47 miles per hour on sidewalks or shared use paths; and between 3.5 feet per second and 47 miles per hour in crosswalks.

    Autonomous trucks and delivery devices

  • HB 114Motor vehicles; federal regulations regarding safe operation of commercial motor vehicle and carriers; update reference dateEnacted 1 July 2025

    What it does: Updates the reference date for federal regulations on safe operation of motor carriers and commercial motor vehicles from January 1, 2024 to January 1, 2025 in Georgia Code Section 40-1-8.

    Motor carriers and commercial drivers, Hazardous materials transport

  • HB 116Public Safety, Department of; Motor Carrier Compliance Division to Commercial Vehicle Enforcement; change nameEnacted 1 July 2025

    What it does: Renames the Motor Carrier Compliance Division of the Department of Public Safety to Commercial Vehicle Enforcement and requires its members be trained, sworn, and certified as law enforcement officers. Makes conforming changes throughout Georgia law.

    Motor carriers and commercial drivers

Transportation in Georgia, by topic

Transportation bills in Georgia

The bills not yet law, furthest along first, with what each would do.

3Enacted

2Past committee

2Introduced or inactive

7 bills in scope

Past committee

2

SB 442Drivers' Licenses; revocation and expiration of commercial drivers' licenses for noncitizens; providePassed chamber

What it would do: Revokes commercial drivers' licenses for noncitizens upon visa expiration or five years, whichever is first, except H-2A, H-2B, or E-2 visa holders and lawful permanent residents. Requires noncitizens transferring commercial licenses to pass knowledge and skills tests.

HB 204Public Safety, Department of; establish reasonable rates, fares, and charges for transportation by motor carriers of household goods; repeal authorityPassed committee

What it would do: Repeals the Department of Public Safety's authority to establish reasonable rates, fares, and charges for transportation by motor carriers of household goods, and removes the requirement that carriers charge only department-prescribed or approved rates.

Introduced or inactive

2

HB 667Motor vehicles; standards for liability of an employer or insurance provider for actions relating to a commercial vehicle driver; provideIn committee

What it would do: Amends commercial driver's license law to limit employer and insurance provider liability in civil actions to driver's records within federal requirements and electronic data limited to the date of accident or violation.

HB 16Labor and industrial relations; protections for warehouse distribution center workers; provideIn committee

What it would do: Requires covered employers at Georgia warehouse distribution centers to provide written quota descriptions, paid 15-minute breaks every four hours, ergonomic training, and prohibits unlawful quotas that prevent legal breaks or bathroom access. Establishes employee rights to request records and prohibits retaliation.

Bill titles link to the Georgia Legislature's own page.

What LawSignals covers

What counts as transportation legislation

In scope: Motor carriers and commercial drivers; truck size, weight and road use; truck and fleet emissions; hazardous materials transport; freight rail; ports, maritime and freight corridors; warehouses and delivery; and autonomous trucks and delivery devices.

Questions

Does Georgia have a transportation law?

Yes. Georgia enacted 3 transportation laws in the 2025 and 2026 sessions, among them HB 986, HB 114 and HB 116. Each is listed on this page with what it requires.

Which transportation bills are moving in Georgia?

2 bills not yet law have passed a committee or a chamber, the furthest along SB 442 (passed chamber) and HB 204 (passed committee).

What does Georgia legislate on most in transportation?

Motor carriers and commercial drivers (5 bills), Hazardous materials transport (1 bill) and Autonomous trucks and delivery devices (1 bill).

Are these summaries reviewed by a lawyer?

No. Which bills count as Transportation bills, and the line on what each law requires or each bill would do, are drafted by software from the bill's own text and not reviewed by an attorney. Every bill links to the legislature's own record: read the text before relying on it. The list covers bills from the 2025 and 2026 sessions.

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