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title: HB 667. Motor vehicles; standards for liability of an employer or insurance provider for actions relating to a commercial vehicle driver; provide
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date: 2025-03-03
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bill_number: HB 667
session: 2025-2026 Regular Session
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chamber: House
bill_type: bill
status_date: 2025-02-27
last_action: House Second Readers
sponsors:
- Victor Anderson
- Chris Erwin
- Matthew Gambill
- Mitchell Scoggins
- Josh Bonner
- John Corbett
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topic_tags:
- commercial trucking
- civil liability law
- insurance regulation
- driver safety records
- transportation law
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# HB 667. Motor vehicles; standards for liability of an employer or insurance provider for actions relating to a commercial vehicle driver; provide
## Text
House Bill 667
By: Representatives Anderson of the 10th, Erwin of the 32nd, Gambill of the 15th, Scoggins
of the 14th, Bonner of the 73rd, and others
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
To amend Article 7 of Chapter 5 of Title 40 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated,
relating to commercial drivers' licenses, so as to provide standards for liability of an
employer or insurance provider for actions relating to a commercial vehicle driver; to provide
for definitions; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other
purposes.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA:
SECTION 1.
Article 7 of Chapter 5 of Title 40 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to
commercial drivers' licenses, is amended by revising Code Section 40-5-145, relating to
duties of employer, as follows:
"40-5-145.
(a) Each employer shall require every commercial motor vehicle driver applicant to
provide the information specified in subsection (d) of Code Section 40-5-144.
(b) No employer may knowingly allow, require, permit, or authorize a driver to drive a
commercial motor vehicle during any period:
(1) In which the driver has a driver's license suspended, revoked, or canceled by a any
state; has lost the privilege to drive a commercial motor vehicle in a any state; or has been
disqualified from driving a commercial motor vehicle;
(2) In which the driver has more than one driver's license;
(3) In which the driver, or the commercial motor vehicle that he or she is driving, or the
motor carrier operation, is subject to an out of service order; or
(4) In violation of a federal, state, or local law or regulation pertaining to
railroad-highway grade crossings.
(c)(1) As used in this subsection, the term:
(A) 'Driver's record' means investigation of a driver's safety performance history
through an enumeration of accidents and convictions of moving traffic violations as
provided by the department pursuant to Code Section 40-5-2.
(B) 'Federal requirements' means the number of years an employer of a commercial
motor vehicle driver is required to investigate of a driver's record pursuant to federal
law.
(2) For purposes of establishing liability of any employer or insurance provider in a civil
action relating to the holder of a commercial driver's license, use of:
(A) The driver's record shall be limited to federal requirements; and
(B) Any vehicle global positioning system data or video recordings, including
electronic control module data and any onboard electronic recording devices, shall be
limited to the date an accident or moving violation occurred."
SECTION 2.
All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are repealed.
## Summaries written by Georgia Commons
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House Bill 667 would limit how far back into a commercial truck driver's history employers and insurers can be held liable, capping driver record and data reviews used in civil lawsuits.
### Plain-language summary
Georgia law already requires employers to check a commercial driver's history before hiring and bars them from knowingly letting a driver operate with a suspended license, multiple licenses, or an out-of-service order. This bill keeps those existing duties but adds new limits on how that history can be used against an employer or insurance company in a lawsuit.
The bill says that when someone sues an employer or insurer over a commercial driver's actions, the driver's safety record that can be used is limited to whatever period federal law requires employers to check, no more. It also limits vehicle GPS data, video recordings, and electronic control module or onboard recorder data to only the specific date of the accident or violation in question, rather than allowing broader use of that data.
### What it does
- Keeps the existing rule that employers must collect required background information from every commercial driver applicant.
- Keeps the existing ban on employers knowingly letting drivers operate with suspended licenses, multiple licenses, or under an out-of-service order.
- Adds a new rule limiting how far back a driver's safety record can be reviewed in civil lawsuits, capping it at the period required under federal law.
- Restricts use of GPS data, video recordings, and electronic data recorders (like control module or onboard recorder data) in lawsuits to only the date of the specific accident or violation.
- Defines 'driver's record' and 'federal requirements' for purposes of these new liability limits.
### Who it affects
The bill affects trucking and other commercial vehicle employers, insurance companies that cover them, commercial drivers whose records and vehicle data may be used in court, and people who sue employers or insurers after an accident involving a commercial vehicle.
### Why it matters
By capping how much driver history and vehicle data can be used against employers and insurers in court, the bill could make it harder for injury victims to show a pattern of negligent hiring or supervision, while giving trucking companies and insurers more predictable exposure in lawsuits.
### Key provisions
- Section 1 revises O.C.G.A. § 40-5-145, keeping employer duties to check applicant information and bars on allowing disqualified or multiple-license drivers to operate.
- New subsection (c) defines 'driver's record' as the accident and conviction history the Department of Driver Services tracks under O.C.G.A. § 40-5-2.
- New subsection (c) defines 'federal requirements' as the number of years federal law requires an employer to investigate a driver's record.
- New subsection (c)(2) limits use of a driver's record in civil liability cases to only the federally required look-back period.
- New subsection (c)(2) limits use of GPS, video, and electronic recorder data in civil liability cases to the date the accident or violation occurred.
- Section 2 repeals conflicting laws.
## Status
- Status: Introduced (2025-02-27)
- Last action: House Second Readers (2025-03-03)
- Sponsors: Victor Anderson, Chris Erwin, Matthew Gambill, Mitchell Scoggins, Josh Bonner, John Corbett
- Official page: https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/70954
> The history, votes, and amendments (129 characters) are at https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026/hb667.md?full=1