Car booting ban stalls in Georgia legislature

Georgia State Sen. Josh McLaurin, D-Sandy Springs, delivers the Minority Report against the Senate’s substitute of HB 1104 on Tuesday, March 26, 2024. (Matthew Pearson/WABE)

A bipartisan bill to ban vehicle booting in Georgia is in trouble after it was assigned to a committee with no chair.

Democratic state Sen. Josh McLaurin of Sandy Springs already authored successful legislation to regulate the practice of booting vehicles in 2025. His new measure, Senate Bill 541, would ban it. 

The bill bans any wheel restraint (including wheel boots and locks) that is used to immobilize someone’s vehicle that is trespassing on private property.