---
type: "Bill"
title: "Georgia Uniform Certificate of Title for Vessels Act; enact"
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 the titling of certain vessels; to provide for procedures with regard to titling such vessels; to provide for legislative intent and findings; to provide a short title; to amend Part 1 of Article 1 of Chapter 8 of Title 48 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions regarding sales and use taxes, so as to provide for a cap on the sales and use tax on the purchase or lease of a vessel; to provide for definitions; to provide for related matters; to provide an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2019_20"
identifier: "HB 314"
citation: "Georgia HB 314 (2019_20)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jimmy Pruett", "Kevin Tanner", "Lee Hawkins", "Marc Morris", "Ron Stephens", "Timothy Barr"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 17
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2019-02-14"
last_action: "2020-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3a6fd4c4-7e0f-4f35-9340-593d00e61b66"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "f846407899f086d7e56bd2f3c32b0dcf403c9fc86deac01e5b157c160ff64ff7"
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 314 (2019_20) — Georgia Uniform Certificate of Title for Vessels Act; enact

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 the titling of certain vessels; to provide for procedures with regard to titling such vessels; to provide for legislative intent and findings; to provide a short title; to amend Part 1 of Article 1 of Chapter 8 of Title 48 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions regarding sales and use taxes, so as to provide for a cap on the sales and use tax on the purchase or lease of a vessel; to provide for definitions; to provide for related matters; to provide an effective date; 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 314/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/187575.pdf)
2. **LC 28 9171ER/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/181516.pdf)
3. **LC 28 9171ER/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/183742.pdf)
4. **LC 28 9231ERS/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/183177.pdf)
5. **Sen ctee sub LC 28 9336ERS** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/184820.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **154–10** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Jimmy Pruett — primary (person)
- Kevin Tanner — primary (person)
- Lee Hawkins — primary (person)
- Marc Morris — primary (person)
- Ron Stephens — primary (person)
- Timothy Barr — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-14** House Hopper
- **2019-02-15** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2019-02-19** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2019-02-27** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-05** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2019-03-05** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2019-03-07** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-18** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-21** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2019-03-28** Senate Engrossed `passage`
- **2019-03-28** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2019-03-28** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2019-04-02** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
- **2019-04-11** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-07** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-07** Act 247 `executive-signature`
- **2020-07-01** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3a6fd4c4-7e0f-4f35-9340-593d00e61b66`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).