---
type: "Bill"
title: "Abandoned Vessels; unattended vessels in public waters; remove certain redundant processes"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 3 of Chapter 7 of Title 52 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to abandoned vessels, so as to remove certain redundant processes regarding unattended vessels in public waters; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2019_20"
identifier: "SB 308"
citation: "Georgia SB 308 (2019_20)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["John Albers", "Kay Kirkpatrick", "Randy Robertson", "Tyler Harper", "Valencia Seay"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 16
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2020-01-27"
last_action: "2021-01-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b0fda66d-a150-49ef-ac83-e5db0222c038"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "0ddad3f69ce7a196adbb011e265f0dc7145a47b6c625cd97694f491719b9da59"
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 308 (2019_20) — Abandoned Vessels; unattended vessels in public waters; remove certain redundant processes

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 3 of Chapter 7 of Title 52 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to abandoned vessels, so as to remove certain redundant processes regarding unattended vessels in public waters; 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. **As introduced LC 48 0157** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/188389.pdf)
2. **As passed Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/190967.pdf)
3. **SB 308/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20192020/195089.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **50–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- John Albers — primary (person)
- Kay Kirkpatrick — primary (person)
- Randy Robertson — primary (person)
- Tyler Harper — primary (person)
- Valencia Seay — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-27** Senate Hopper
- **2020-01-28** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-18** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-19** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2020-02-25** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2020-02-25** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2020-02-26** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2020-02-27** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2020-06-23** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-06-25** House Postponed
- **2020-06-26** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2020-06-26** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2020-06-29** Senate Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2020-07-29** Senate Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2020-07-29** Act 512 `executive-signature`
- **2021-01-01** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b0fda66d-a150-49ef-ac83-e5db0222c038`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).