---
type: "Bill"
title: "Wayne County Altamaha River and Leisure Services Authority Act; enact"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to create and establish the Wayne County Altamaha River and Leisure Services Authority; to provide for severability; to provide for a short title; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2021_22"
identifier: "HB 792"
citation: "Georgia HB 792 (2021_22)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bill Werkheiser", "Steven Meeks"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 13
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-03-22"
last_action: "2021-05-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fbc60188-a849-4deb-b9ae-5bf6bfde7174"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "96d4531e78a27c3d0598b62e14865d9b1c64ae07f3433d7815ece531d279e83a"
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 792 (2021_22) — Wayne County Altamaha River and Leisure Services Authority Act; enact

A BILL to be entitled an Act to create and establish the Wayne County Altamaha River and Leisure Services Authority; to provide for severability; to provide for a short title; 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 792/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/202428.pdf)
2. **LC 47 1054/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/201030.pdf)
3. **Local Ad** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20212022/201100.pdf)

## Votes

- Local Calendar — **108–56** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bill Werkheiser — primary (person)
- Steven Meeks — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-03-22** House Hopper
- **2021-03-22** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2021-03-23** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2021-03-25** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-25** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2021-03-25** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2021-03-25** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-29** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-31** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2021-04-09** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-05-03** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-05-03** Act 113 `executive-signature`
- **2021-05-03** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fbc60188-a849-4deb-b9ae-5bf6bfde7174`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).