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title: HB 1390. Motor vehicles; declare vehicles used in the commission of reckless stunt driving offenses contraband and authorize forfeiture
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date: 2026-02-24
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status_date: 2026-02-19
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  - Inga Willis
  - Kim Schofield
  - Mekyah McQueen
  - Bryce Berry
  - Betsy Holland
  - Sheila Jones
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  - reckless stunt driving
  - vehicle forfeiture
  - traffic law
  - criminal penalties
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# HB 1390. Motor vehicles; declare vehicles used in the commission of reckless stunt driving offenses contraband and authorize forfeiture

## Text

The House Committee on Judiciary, Non-Civil offers the following substitute to HB 1390:
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
To amend Code Section 40-6-390.1 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to
reckless stunt driving, so as to declare motor vehicles used in the commission of reckless
stunt driving offenses contraband and authorize forfeiture upon conviction of any such
offense; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA:
SECTION 1.
Code Section 40-6-390.1 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to reckless
stunt driving, is amended by revising subsection (c) as follows:
"(c)(1) Any motor vehicle operated by a person <del>who has been previously convicted of
a violation of this Code section and</del> who is arrested and <del>charged with</del> <ins>convicted of</ins> a
violation of this Code section is declared to be contraband and subject to forfeiture in
accordance with the procedures set forth in Chapter 16 of Title 9.
(2) In any case where a vehicle which is the only family vehicle is determined to be
subject to forfeiture, the court may, if it determines that the financial hardship to the
family as a result of the forfeiture and sale outweighs the benefit to the state from such
forfeiture, order the title to the vehicle transferred to such other family member who is
a duly licensed operator and who requires the use of such vehicle for employment or
family transportation purposes. Such transfer shall be subject to any valid liens and shall
be granted only once."
SECTION 2.
All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are repealed.

## Summaries written by Georgia Commons

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A House Judiciary Committee substitute to HB 1390 would let Georgia seize and forfeit any vehicle used in a reckless stunt driving offense as soon as the driver is convicted, without requiring a prior conviction first.

### Plain-language summary

Current Georgia law on reckless stunt driving (O.C.G.A. § 40-6-390.1) only lets the state treat a vehicle as contraband subject to forfeiture if the driver had already been convicted once before and was then arrested and charged with another violation. This substitute bill removes that prior-conviction requirement. Instead, a vehicle becomes contraband and can be forfeited once its driver is arrested and convicted of a single reckless stunt driving offense.
The bill keeps an existing hardship provision: if the seized vehicle is a family's only vehicle, a judge can transfer its title to another licensed family member who needs it for work or family transportation, as long as any liens on the vehicle are honored. That transfer can happen only once per vehicle. The forfeiture itself still follows the procedures already set out in Chapter 16 of Title 9 of Georgia law, which governs property forfeiture generally.

### What it does

- Removes the requirement that a driver have a prior reckless stunt driving conviction before their vehicle can be declared contraband.
- Changes the trigger for forfeiture from being merely arrested and charged to being arrested and actually convicted of a reckless stunt driving offense.
- Keeps in place the rule letting a judge transfer title of a seized family vehicle to another licensed family member facing financial hardship.
- Continues to route these forfeitures through Georgia's existing forfeiture procedures under Chapter 16 of Title 9.

### Who it affects

Drivers convicted of reckless stunt driving in Georgia, their family members who may rely on a shared vehicle, law enforcement agencies that seize vehicles, and Georgia courts that process forfeiture cases and any hardship title transfers.

### Why it matters

Under this change, a single reckless stunt driving conviction, not a second offense, would be enough for the state to seize and potentially sell the vehicle involved. That expands how often vehicles can be forfeited, while the existing family-hardship transfer option would still offer some protection against losing a household's only car.

### Key provisions

- Section 1 revises subsection (c) of O.C.G.A. § 40-6-390.1 to drop the requirement that a driver already have a prior conviction under this section.
- Section 1 also changes the forfeiture trigger from being 'charged with' a violation to being 'convicted of' a violation.
- Subsection (c)(2) preserves the option for a judge to transfer title of a family's only vehicle to another licensed family member if forfeiture would cause outsized financial hardship.
- Section 2 repeals any conflicting laws, a standard closing provision.

## Status

- Status: Introduced (2026-02-19)
- Last action: House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute (2026-02-24)
- Sponsors: Inga Willis, Kim Schofield, Mekyah McQueen, Bryce Berry, Betsy Holland, Sheila Jones
- Official page: https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/73427

> The history, votes, and amendments (199 characters) are at https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026/hb1390.md?full=1