---
type: "Bill"
title: "Watercraft; suspension of privileges to operate a vessel for violations of vessel laws of this state and other states; provisions"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 7 of Title 52 of the O.C.G.A., relating to the registration, operation, and sale of watercraft, so as to provide for suspension of privileges to operate a vessel upon the waters of this state for violations of vessel laws of this state and other states; to provide for penalties; to provide for the enactment of the Interstate Boating Violator Compact; to provide for reciprocal recognition of suspension of privileges; to provide for procedures for compact administration; to provide for entry into and withdrawal from such compact; to provide for amendments to such compact; to provide for construction and severability of such compact; to provide for a short title of such compact; 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 777"
citation: "Georgia HB 777 (2013_14)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Alan Powell", "Barry Fleming", "Ben Harbin", "Bob Bryant", "Jon Burns", "Tom McCall"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 15
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2014-01-17"
last_action: "2014-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0fe2bb4f-6f4d-47c5-86c9-b90c06c499bd"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "813a0401bbdc93f9ed0b596ac60789f36a7e89ee48505e88db38dda1ccf7feef"
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 777 (2013_14) — Watercraft; suspension of privileges to operate a vessel for violations of vessel laws of this state and other states; provisions

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 7 of Title 52 of the O.C.G.A., relating to the registration, operation, and sale of watercraft, so as to provide for suspension of privileges to operate a vessel upon the waters of this state for violations of vessel laws of this state and other states; to provide for penalties; to provide for the enactment of the Interstate Boating Violator Compact; to provide for reciprocal recognition of suspension of privileges; to provide for procedures for compact administration; to provide for entry into and withdrawal from such compact; to provide for amendments to such compact; to provide for construction and severability of such compact; to provide for a short title of such compact; 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 777/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/143426.pdf)
2. **LC 29 5963S/hcs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/141668.pdf)
3. **LC 29 5963S/hs** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/141322.pdf)
4. **LC 41 0132/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/137635.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **168–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Alan Powell — primary (person)
- Barry Fleming — primary (person)
- Ben Harbin — primary (person)
- Bob Bryant — primary (person)
- Jon Burns — primary (person)
- Tom McCall — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2014-01-17** House Hopper
- **2014-01-21** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2014-01-22** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2014-02-24** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2014-02-26** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2014-02-26** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2014-03-03** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2014-03-07** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2014-03-10** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2014-03-11** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2014-03-11** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2014-03-24** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2014-04-23** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2014-04-23** Act 605 `executive-signature`
- **2014-07-01** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0fe2bb4f-6f4d-47c5-86c9-b90c06c499bd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).