---
type: "Bill"
title: "Georgia Boat Safety Act; numbering and registration of vessels; revise provisions"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 7 of Title 52 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, the \"Georgia Boat Safety Act,\" so as to revise provisions regarding the numbering and registration of vessels; to revise application procedures and expiration provisions; to revise a provision regarding exclusions and exemptions; to correct a cross-reference; 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 497"
citation: "Georgia HB 497 (2013_14)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Carl Rogers", "Jon Burns", "Kevin Tanner", "Lee Hawkins", "Mark Hamilton"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 19
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2013-02-26"
last_action: "2013-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0c229d14-13a2-4409-9bab-e9fd2d14a503"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "dc310fb1a4233b5c8718ece7dbf4eba3d3e48db52bbb339eb91d227e698f3150"
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 497 (2013_14) — Georgia Boat Safety Act; numbering and registration of vessels; revise provisions

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 7 of Title 52 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, the "Georgia Boat Safety Act," so as to revise provisions regarding the numbering and registration of vessels; to revise application procedures and expiration provisions; to revise a provision regarding exclusions and exemptions; to correct a cross-reference; 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 497/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/136973.pdf)
2. **LC 40 0332/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/132487.pdf)
3. **Sen ctee sub LC 40 0406S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/135360.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **168–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Carl Rogers — primary (person)
- Jon Burns — primary (person)
- Kevin Tanner — primary (person)
- Lee Hawkins — primary (person)
- Mark Hamilton — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2013-02-26** House Hopper
- **2013-02-27** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2013-02-28** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2013-03-01** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-03-05** House Postponed
- **2013-03-07** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2013-03-07** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2013-03-11** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2013-03-22** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-03-22** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2013-03-26** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2013-03-26** Senate Tabled
- **2013-03-28** Senate Taken from Table
- **2013-03-28** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2013-03-28** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
- **2013-04-08** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2013-05-07** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2013-05-07** Act 292 `executive-signature`
- **2013-07-01** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0c229d14-13a2-4409-9bab-e9fd2d14a503`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).