---
type: "Bill"
title: "\"Kyle Glover Boat Education Law\" and \"Jake and Griffin BUI Law\"; provide for greater public protection for hunting and boating"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 27 and Chapter 7 of Title 52 of the O.C.G.A., relating to game and fish and to registration, operation, and sale of watercraft, respectively, so as to provide greater public protection for hunting and boating; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date and applicability; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2013_14"
identifier: "SB 136"
citation: "Georgia SB 136 (2013_14)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Butch Miller", "Charlie Bethel", "Freddie Powell Sims", "Jack Murphy", "Renee Unterman", "Rick Jeffares", "Ross Tolleson", "William Jackson"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 16
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2013-02-08"
last_action: "2013-05-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fbd2e5fe-7106-49a4-a9d5-e012de50898b"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "c749c3eaa2cd4a619fb153f7145ff354513d4199ae09d9fe61dab06908c5f7bc"
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 SB 136 (2013_14) — "Kyle Glover Boat Education Law" and "Jake and Griffin BUI Law"; provide for greater public protection for hunting and boating

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 27 and Chapter 7 of Title 52 of the O.C.G.A., relating to game and fish and to registration, operation, and sale of watercraft, respectively, so as to provide greater public protection for hunting and boating; to provide for related matters; to provide for an effective date and applicability; 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. **As introduced LC 29 5450ER-EC** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/130208.pdf)
2. **As passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/133024.pdf)
3. **Committee sub LC 29 5535ERS** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/132476.pdf)
4. **LC 29 5618ERS-EC/hss** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/134165.pdf)
5. **SB136/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20132014/137141.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE BY SUBSTITUTE — **50–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Butch Miller — primary (person)
- Charlie Bethel — primary (person)
- Freddie Powell Sims — primary (person)
- Jack Murphy — primary (person)
- Renee Unterman — primary (person)
- Rick Jeffares — primary (person)
- Ross Tolleson — primary (person)
- William Jackson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2013-02-08** Senate Hopper
- **2013-02-11** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2013-02-27** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-02-28** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2013-03-01** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2013-03-01** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2013-03-04** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2013-03-05** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2013-03-12** House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-03-20** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2013-03-20** House Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2013-03-28** Senate Agreed House Amend or Sub
- **2013-04-09** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2013-04-23** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2013-04-23** Act 26 `executive-signature`
- **2013-05-15** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fbd2e5fe-7106-49a4-a9d5-e012de50898b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).