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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Watercraft; suspension of privileges to operate a vessel for violations of vessel laws of this state and other states; provisions"
+description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 7 of Title 52 of the O.C.G.A., relating to the registration, operation, and sale of watercraft, so as to provide for suspension of privileges to operate a vessel upon the waters of this state for violations of vessel laws of this state and other states; to provide for penalties; to provide for the enactment of the Interstate Boating Violator Compact; to provide for reciprocal recognition of suspension of privileges; to provide for procedures for compact administration; to provide for entry into and withdrawal from such compact; to provide for amendments to such compact; to provide for construction and severability of such compact; to provide for a short title of such compact; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
+legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
+session: "2013_14"
+identifier: "HB 777"
+citation: "Georgia HB 777 (2013_14)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Alan Powell", "Barry Fleming", "Ben Harbin", "Bob Bryant", "Jon Burns", "Tom McCall"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 15
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2014-01-17"
+last_action: "2014-07-01"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0fe2bb4f-6f4d-47c5-86c9-b90c06c499bd"
+source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
+source_hash: "813a0401bbdc93f9ed0b596ac60789f36a7e89ee48505e88db38dda1ccf7feef"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ga"]
+---
+
+# Georgia HB 777 (2013_14) — Watercraft; suspension of privileges to operate a vessel for violations of vessel laws of this state and other states; provisions
+
+A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 7 of Title 52 of the O.C.G.A., relating to the registration, operation, and sale of watercraft, so as to provide for suspension of privileges to operate a vessel upon the waters of this state for violations of vessel laws of this state and other states; to provide for penalties; to provide for the enactment of the Interstate Boating Violator Compact; to provide for reciprocal recognition of suspension of privileges; to provide for procedures for compact administration; to provide for entry into and withdrawal from such compact; to provide for amendments to such compact; to provide for construction and severability of such compact; to provide for a short title of such compact; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **HB 777/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/143426.pdf)
+2. **LC 29 5963S/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/141668.pdf)
+3. **LC 29 5963S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/141322.pdf)
+4. **LC 41 0132/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/137635.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **168–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Alan Powell — primary (person)
+- Barry Fleming — primary (person)
+- Ben Harbin — primary (person)
+- Bob Bryant — primary (person)
+- Jon Burns — primary (person)
+- Tom McCall — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2014-01-17** House Hopper
+- **2014-01-21** House First Readers `reading-1`
+- **2014-01-22** House Second Readers `reading-2`
+- **2014-02-24** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2014-02-26** House Third Readers `reading-3`
+- **2014-02-26** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
+- **2014-03-03** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
+- **2014-03-07** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2014-03-10** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
+- **2014-03-11** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
+- **2014-03-11** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
+- **2014-03-24** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2014-04-23** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2014-04-23** Act 605 `executive-signature`
+- **2014-07-01** Effective Date
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0fe2bb4f-6f4d-47c5-86c9-b90c06c499bd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
+