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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Natural Resources, Department of; certain notice upon registration of a vessel; provide"
+description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 7 of Title 52 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to registration, operation, and sale of watercraft, so as to provide for certain notice upon registration of a vessel with the Department of Natural Resources; to provide for performance of unattended vessel checks; to authorize restitution to the Department of Natural Resources for the cost of removal, storage, and disposal of abandoned vessels; to provide for definitions; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
+legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
+session: "2025_26"
+identifier: "HB 115"
+citation: "Georgia HB 115 (2025_26)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["WATERS", "PORTS", "AND WATERCRAFT"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Bill Hitchens", "Buddy DeLoach", "Jesse Petrea", "Lehman Franklin", "Rick Townsend", "Ron Stephens"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 19
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2025-01-17"
+last_action: "2026-07-01"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/244d9dbd-703e-4eff-891e-85166b940d59"
+source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
+source_hash: "aff1ad9ee40f380f0fd31b1e008f6229b0a5bb598f8b8048a3fe37460f49ea06"
+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 115 (2025_26) — Natural Resources, Department of; certain notice upon registration of a vessel; provide
+
+A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 7 of Title 52 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to registration, operation, and sale of watercraft, so as to provide for certain notice upon registration of a vessel with the Department of Natural Resources; to provide for performance of unattended vessel checks; to authorize restitution to the Department of Natural Resources for the cost of removal, storage, and disposal of abandoned vessels; to provide for definitions; 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 115/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/245689.pdf)
+2. **LC 39 4491/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/230213.pdf)
+3. **LC 39 4617S/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/233921.pdf)
+4. **LC 39 4617S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/232845.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Senate Vote #704 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **51–0** (pass) · upper
+- House Vote #80 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **164–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Bill Hitchens — primary (person)
+- Buddy DeLoach — primary (person)
+- Jesse Petrea — primary (person)
+- Lehman Franklin — primary (person)
+- Rick Townsend — primary (person)
+- Ron Stephens — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-01-17** House Hopper `introduction`
+- **2025-01-27** House First Readers `reading-1`
+- **2025-01-28** House Second Readers `reading-2`
+- **2025-02-19** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-02-26** House Third Readers `reading-3`
+- **2025-02-26** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
+- **2025-02-27** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
+- **2025-03-20** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-03-21** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
+- **2025-04-02** Senate Tabled
+- **2026-01-12** Senate Taken from Table
+- **2026-01-12** Senate Recommitted `referral-committee`
+- **2026-02-24** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-03-10** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
+- **2026-03-10** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
+- **2026-04-06** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2026-05-11** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2026-05-11** Act 434 `executive-signature`
+- **2026-07-01** Effective Date
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/244d9dbd-703e-4eff-891e-85166b940d59`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).
+