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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Abandoned Vessels; unattended vessels in public waters; remove certain redundant processes"
+description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 3 of Chapter 7 of Title 52 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to abandoned vessels, so as to remove certain redundant processes regarding unattended vessels in public waters; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
+legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
+session: "2019_20"
+identifier: "SB 308"
+citation: "Georgia SB 308 (2019_20)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["John Albers", "Kay Kirkpatrick", "Randy Robertson", "Tyler Harper", "Valencia Seay"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 16
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2020-01-27"
+last_action: "2021-01-01"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b0fda66d-a150-49ef-ac83-e5db0222c038"
+source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
+source_hash: "0ddad3f69ce7a196adbb011e265f0dc7145a47b6c625cd97694f491719b9da59"
+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 SB 308 (2019_20) — Abandoned Vessels; unattended vessels in public waters; remove certain redundant processes
+
+A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 3 of Chapter 7 of Title 52 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to abandoned vessels, so as to remove certain redundant processes regarding unattended vessels in public waters; 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. **As introduced LC 48 0157** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/188389.pdf)
+2. **As passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/190967.pdf)
+3. **SB 308/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/195089.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **50–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- John Albers — primary (person)
+- Kay Kirkpatrick — primary (person)
+- Randy Robertson — primary (person)
+- Tyler Harper — primary (person)
+- Valencia Seay — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2020-01-27** Senate Hopper
+- **2020-01-28** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
+- **2020-02-18** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2020-02-19** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
+- **2020-02-25** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
+- **2020-02-25** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
+- **2020-02-26** House First Readers `reading-1`
+- **2020-02-27** House Second Readers `reading-2`
+- **2020-06-23** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2020-06-25** House Postponed
+- **2020-06-26** House Third Readers `reading-3`
+- **2020-06-26** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
+- **2020-06-29** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2020-07-29** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2020-07-29** Act 512 `executive-signature`
+- **2021-01-01** Effective Date
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b0fda66d-a150-49ef-ac83-e5db0222c038`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
+